On Nov 24, stanley said: >print "first line\n"; > >system ("ls"); > >print "last line\n";
>how can I output "first line\n" and "last line\n" to >the screen but save the result of system command "ls" >to a file(eg "result")(not appear on the screen")? Unbuffer STDOUT: $| = 1; See 'perldoc perlvar' for information about the $| variable. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]