[Chicago-talk] Capturing OS command output.

[Steven Lembark]

-- Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com>

>
> Does anyone know how can I get the scalar to give me
> the path of the convert command?
>
> my $convert_path = system("which convert");

    use Fatal qw( open );

    my @result =
    eval
    {
        open my $fh, "$command |";

        <$fh>
    };

    die if $@;


or

    my @result = qx( $command );


>
> just gives me the success or fail results.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
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