Hi,
system will execute the command, and return only the exit status back.
Therefore u cannot trap the output into a variable.
If u want the output of a command into a variable, u can use backticks.
Example :
($output) = `date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`;
chomp $output;
This way, the output of the date command will be put into $output.
U then have to chomp it to remove the newline.
Hope it helps.
Ciao.
George P.
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alexander Bjelke wrote:
> I want to get the output from the following command into an variable:
>
> system("date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S");
>
> I have tried:
> $output = system("date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S");
> But that does not work (only get 0 in that variable).
>
> Please help!
>
> Alexander
>
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