--- Adrian Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Adrian,
> system("date|awk '{print $2,$3}'");
> I get:
> awk: syntax error near line 1
> awk: illegal statement near line 1
$1 to $10 are special variables in perl, which gets
filled up, when you match a regex. You should escape
them, so that perl does not subsitute them beforehand
and awk sees it properly.
system("date|awk '{print \$2,\$3}'");
Rgds
Alok
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