Backtick and System Difference

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there any difference between the two?

my @output = `./do_sth.out`;
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versus

my @output = system("./do_sth.out");
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Seems to me they are the same? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Re: Backtick and System Difference by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jun 03, 2006 at 19:19 UTC
Backticks capture and return STDOUT of the child process, while system just returns the exit status. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re: Backtick and System Difference by bobf (Monsignor) on Jun 03, 2006 at 19:26 UTC
Super Search turned up these threads: help needede in backticks(``) and system function How do I get both the return value and text? backticks vs. system() How to run a shell script from a Perl program? system() vs `backtick` The difference between [system] and `backticks` and [qx//] (on win32) Also see the section on `STRING` in perlop and system. HTH	[reply]