system in Perl6?

Grimy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Howdy Monks,

I was toying around with Rakudo, and it looks like system and exec don't exist anymore.

exec '/bin/echo', 'Hello world!';

yields "Could not find sub &exec in main program body at line 1:test"

I couldn't manage to find any documentation on this topic. What's the proper syntax for a system call in Perl6? Is it even implemented in Rakudo?

Thanks in advance :)

Comment on system in Perl6? Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: system in Perl6? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 10, 2011 at 20:30 UTC
Look at `run` and `shell` in Synopsis 29. Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: system in Perl6? by Grimy (Pilgrim) on Sep 10, 2011 at 21:25 UTC
Thanks a lot! It looks like what I looked for, I'll try it as soon as possible.	[reply]
Re: system in Perl6? by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 11, 2011 at 08:39 UTC
`exec` is called `runinstead` in Perl 6, but rakudo doesn't implement it yet. The last releases of Rakudo support `run($command)`, which is roughly the same as `system(EXPR)` in Perl 5. In the current development branch this has been renamed to `shell()` to conform to this change in the specification. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply] [d/l] [select]