Re^2: return value from system call, exit status, shift right 8, bitwise and, $?

ikegami is correct. You can rely on it. This explains it very well: Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?.

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Re^3: return value from system call, exit status, shift right 8, bitwise and, $? by rovf (Priest) on Feb 11, 2010 at 12:43 UTC
I didn't find anything in this section of perlfaq8 about the number of significant bits in the result of `system`, but I believe ikegami of course ;-) -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l] [select]