Thanks that help. but I notice there is a newline included in the variable
when using the ($name)=`uname -n`;
Is this a normal thing that I should strip?
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>> Can someone help me with capturing an output of a system() call?
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>> ie ($a)=system("uname -n");
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>> where $a would have the output value.
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> perldoc -q 'output of a command'
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> You want backticks instead, though there are better ways to come by the
> sysem name, and don't use $a....
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> ($name) = `uname -n`;
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> See the Sys::Hostname module...
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> http://danconia.org
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