Im sure this is an easy question, but since im a perl n00b, here it goes

I need to run an executable to my Ubuntu Linux box, get the status of something then use that status to fill out and if/else statement

This is what I have right now

my $enable_poe = `poe ds`; 
if ($enable_poe eq 'POE device missing or unpowered')
{
print $enable_poe, "\n", "Your Poe IS NOT enabled, dummy\n";
}
elsif($enable_poe eq 'Device ID 2, Rev. 0')
{
print $enable_poe, "\n", "Your PoE IS enabled, dummy\n";
}
else
{
print "\nnothing happened\n";
}

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when I run poe ds on the terminal it will either return

user@device:/tmp$ poe ds

Device ID 2, Rev. 0

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if the port is active or

POE device missing or unpowered

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if the device is missing

Whats happening is the print statement to return the value of $enable_poe is working, but the if/else conditions are not

In this case, if the poe ds command recognizes the unit and returns

Device ID 2, Rev. 0

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But the output of the script reads

Device ID 2, Rev. 0

Your Poe IS NOT enabled, dummy

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so its returning the first print statement and not reading the

if ($enable_poe == 'POE device missing or unpowered')

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line

What am I doing incorrect here? I want the poe ds command to be read, then use what it returns in that if/else statement

Code tags added by GrandFather

In reply to Returning a string from executable by Luken8r

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