Re^4: Redirecting OUTPUT of system($command) to an array

system("ls > holder.log"); #send the directory listing to a holder file open( TMPFILE, "holder.log" ) || die "Failed to create log file: $!\n"; @dirlist = <TMPFILE>; #read in the directory from the file to the array $fh = join(" ", @dirlist); #convert the array into a scalar for pattern matching close( TMPFILE ); #tidy up system("rm holder.log");

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Re^5: Redirecting OUTPUT of system($command) to an array by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2005 at 16:08 UTC
Sorry first post system("ls > holder.log"); #send the directory listing to a holder file open( TMPFILE, "holder.log" ) \|\| die "Failed to create log file: $!\n"; @dirlist = <TMPFILE>; #read in the directory from the file to the array $fh = join(" ", @dirlist); #convert the array into a scalar for pattern matching close( TMPFILE ); #tidy up system("rm holder.log");	[reply]