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in thread Problems with sending value to system command

i tried using the backtick operator. the problem is that when the system command is called, the script doesn't operator and dies
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Re^3: Problems with sending value to system command
by jdalbec (Deacon) on Dec 04, 2004 at 04:18 UTC
    You can't combine system() and the backtick operator. Try
    my $outputValueFromFindArcsScript = `/proj/dance.pl '$returnvalue'` if + (length($function) > 0);