On Nov 25, Chris Ball said: > >> 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")? > >>> On 24 Nov 2002 23:42:50, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Unbuffer STDOUT: > > $| = 1; > > See 'perldoc perlvar' for information about the $| variable. > >This doesn't help with storing the output from ls to a file rather than >STDOUT, which should be done with something like: > > open(FILE, ">result") or die "$!"; > print FILE `ls`; > close FILE;
GAH! I'm a moron, and didn't even read the question. :( I saw print() and system() mingled and assumed it was a question about output buffering. I'm terribly sorry. (It's midnightish, and I'm tired.) -- 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]
