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qx/STRING/, system, exec

Proc::Background, IPC::Run, IPC::Run3

PS: It's okay to ask just once. We'll listen.

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Re^2: running command from within perl script
by raybies (Chaplain) on Oct 12, 2010 at 18:36 UTC
    Fwiw, along with those commands,I find the $? variable to be useful for checking return codes from a system or backtick system call. --Ray
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