[Chicago-talk] Capturing OS command output.

[JT Smith]

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my $var = `which convert`;


On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:16:52 -0700 (PDT)
  Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how can I get the scalar to give me
> the path of the convert command?
> 
> my $convert_path = system("which convert");
> 
> just gives me the success or fail results.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> 
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