like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $result = `your shell command here`;

parseResult ($result);

sub parseResult { 
    #do your magic here
}
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NoteThose are supposed to be backticks around "your shell command here", but for some reason today's mozilla build doesn't seem to display them as such. Are they showing up correctly for anyone?

BlueLines

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