Re: executing an external program

$? will contain the exit status from the last child process (including backticks). See also IPC::Run.

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Re^2: executing an external program by xdg (Monsignor) on Jun 21, 2006 at 20:05 UTC
It's also worth checking out IPC::Run3. The documentation includes a comparison of `IPC::Run3` to: `system()` `qx''` `open "...\|"` `open "\|..."` `open2()` `open3()` `IPC::Run` -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: executing an external program
by xdg (Monsignor) on Jun 21, 2006 at 20:05 UTC

It's also worth checking out IPC::Run3. The documentation includes a comparison of IPC::Run3 to:

system()
qx''
open "...|"
open "|..."
open2()
open3()
IPC::Run

-xdg

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