1) You can use the backticks (``) or qx// quoting to capture the output which you can then write to a file
2) Use the Perl select command. From the Perldoc: select FILEHANDLE ... a write or a print without a filehandle will default to this FILEHANDLE 3) Use the shell's own redirection. See http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/io-redirection.html system("host -W 1 $ip 1>>reverse.txt") -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/