> Hi,
>
> I am executing a system command through a Perl script.
> As of now if the system command succeeds it goes to
> the output file and if the command fails it does not.
>
> Is there anyway of piping error messages also to the
> output file if the command does not execute properly?
system('ls -la 2>>out.txt >>out.txt');
note that is form appends to the output file, rather than
create a brand new one. Also not portable.
> PLease let me know how this can be done in Perl?
Use shell syntax for this task.
Jonathan Paton
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