in reply to to get exact exit status value

Um, forget the many place, check the manual, system for starters

Or use an abstraction

IPC::System::Simple#runx

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Re^2: to get exact exit status value
by ansh batra (Friar) on Nov 01, 2011 at 06:07 UTC
    what i am trying to say is that value in $? is not the exact/true exit status value of shell command.
    or is it?
    read the documentation
      What?
        how shall I check weather a shell command ran succesfully?
        by checking $? value?