using wc -l in perl

[Mihir Kamdar]

Hi,

I am trying to count the number of lines in my output file processed by a
perl code.

I am not getting the syntax correct. I am doing something like below:-


my $count1 = `wc -l < $OUT_FILE` ;
print $LOG_FILE "Count of cdrs after removing duplicates = $count1" ;

I am getting the following error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] files]$ sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token
`('
sh: -c: line 0: `wc -l < GLOB(0x88f76d8)'
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
sh: -c: line 0: `wc -l < GLOB(0x88f76d8)'


Plz advice,

Thanks,
Mihir