Raghu Murthy wrote: > > use strict; > use warnings; > > my $result; > $result = system("cksum foo.c | cut -d ' ' -f2"); > chomp $ckresult; > print "$ckresult\n"; > > Cksum returns an exit status of 0 if successful. This script gives out the > exit status. How can I remove the exit status from the script. > > Is there an alternate way to do it using unpack. Any help would be > appreciated.
Hi Raghu. I'm sorry, your straw broke this camel's back. Read your Perl man pages. In particular chomp $ckresult; print "$ckresult\n"; is idiocy. Don't guess: learn. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]