Silky Manwani wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Back with the system command but with a different problem.
>
> I am calling a program with the system command which has arguments.
> This program returns a string and I need to capture it.
>
> @args("command","arg1","arg2");
> $res = system(@args);
>
> print $res;
>
> It prints 0;
System returns 0 for success and non zero for failure. If you want to capture
the output then try the ` (backticks)(left side of keyboard under ~) You may want to
capture the output in an Array and look at what you find there.
Wags ;)
>
> But before that it prints the string that the program or command
> returned..!!!
> How do I capture the return value or $res as I need to work with $res
> further.!!
>
> $exit_value = $? >> 8;
> This didn't help..
>
> Thanks, :)
Any questions and/or problems, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
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