[Chicago-talk] Capturing OS command output.

Richard Reina richard at rushlogistics.com
Mon Jun 20 10:53:43 PDT 2005


Pete and JT,

Thanks for the help.

--- Pete Krawczyk <mongers at bsod.net> wrote:
> Subject: [Chicago-talk] Capturing OS command output.
> From: Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:16:52 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> }my $convert_path = system("which convert");
> 
> One of:
> 
> my $convert_path = `which convert`;
> my $convert_path = qx/which convert/;
> 
> will work better for you.
> 
> ` and qx are equivalent the same way " and qq are. 
> "perldoc perlop" and 
> look for qx.
> 
> -Pete K
> -- 
> Pete Krawczyk
>     mongers at bsod dot net
> 
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