my $chk_user=system("ypmatch $user passwd");
where $user is any username.
the output i get in case the username doesn't exist:
Can't match key sss in map passwd.byname. Reason: No such key in map.
and in case the username exists, i get some details about this user.
i don't want the results in any case to be shown in the terminal window.
thanks
That's not going to work, if you're trying to capture the text. If you want to make an assignment, use qx (same as the `...` operator). When you use system, the return value has a different meaning (it's the program's exit status).
use strict;
use warnings;
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my $user = 'root';
my $chk_user = `ypmatch $user password 2>&1`;
print "Results of 'ypmatch' for user '$user' => '$chk_user'\n";