You can use in the following way: $exec = "ls -l"; $src = system($exec);
-----Original Message----- From: gohaku [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:59 AM To: Perl Beginners Subject: Backticks alternative? Hi everyone, After using backticks to retrieve executable output, I would like to know if there is a backtick alternative. For example, to get a File Listing on a Unix-based system, I will do the usual: $exec = "ls -l"; $src = `$exec`; Unfortunately, I find the ` to be unreadable and confusing because it looks like a quote. Thanks in advance. -gohaku -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
