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i have an exe files which are to be executed from command prompt..the command goes smething like c://name.exe -p password -d download path ...there are few exe files like this to be executed one after other can i automate this stuff in perl????
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Re: running exe files of windows with pearl
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 13, 2009 at 06:45 UTC
Re: running exe files of windows with pearl
by tokpela (Chaplain) on Aug 13, 2009 at 14:41 UTC

    Yes, you can run them through the system command

    use strict; use warnings; my @commands; push(@commands, ['dir', '*.*', '/ad', '>', 'file1.txt']); push(@commands, ['dir', '*.*', '>', 'file2.txt']); push(@commands, ['dir', '*.*', '/b', '>', 'file3.txt']); foreach (@commands) { my $command = $_; system(@$command); if ($? == -1) { print "[Error] Failed to execute: [$!]\n"; } elsif ($? & 127) { printf "[Error] Child died with signal %d, %s coredump\n", ($? + & 127), ($? & 128) ? 'with' : 'without'; } else { printf "Child exited with value %d\n", $? >> 8; } } print "Done\n";

    I've created an example script for you to start to work from and you can add your own commands once you have tested this initial script to get it working.

      hey can u be more specific..... the exact command that i wanted to do is dis ...updatemanager -p:A114AB03727147FDB8C2EBAAE3967504 -appId:UAC_2_1 -glfv -c:hfnetchk6b.xml -f:C:\Shavlik\datafiles\hfnetchk6b.xml....in command prompt....can u just tell me how to do it..also i have to wait for the message,after the execution of above.. to be displayed in commandprompt and start one more command like dis...pls help me out