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

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 ;-)

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Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>