ok is it so..
thank you so i think i can do one thing like open the file ~/.bash_history
and then read the file..
actually i am trying this alternative..
but there is some error..
when i give it like
open(DAT, "~/.bash_history")or die("Cannot open file");
$raw_data=<DAT>;
print $raw_data;
i am getting an error like cannot open file..
i am presently running the script under the root user..
Chaitanya
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> wrote:
> The Perl command opens a new instance of the shell, not the one you
> called Perl from. The new instance has no history to report.
>
> Bob McConnell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chaitanya Yanamadala [mailto:dr.virus.in...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:20 AM
> To: Bob McConnell
> Cc: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: help in perl script
>
> dear Bob
> if my current shell does not have any history then how come i am getting
> the history when i run the same in the terminal??
> from where i am getting this history.
>
>
> Chaitanya
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Chaitanya Yanamadala
>
>
> > hai
> > both of these didnt help me..
> >
> > @kammen
> > i can run the history command from the command line..
> > but not through the perl script..
> > i have tried ur choice but it also didnt work..
> >
> > @shawn
> > yes it didnt gave me any out put..
> > but i require to print the output..
> > so hw do i do it..
> >
> > can some body help me on this..
>
>
> Not until you learn a little more about Unix shells. Your
> command worked
> perfectly, it just didn't output what you expected. The history
> command
> in bash returnes the command history of the current shell. Since
> you
> just opened it via the system call, it has no history, so it
> returns an
> empty string. That behavior is correct.
>
> Now, what are you actually looking for?
>
> Bob McConnell
>
>
>
>
