> Hello,
>
> I try to write the name of the current directory in $x:
>
> $x = system ("pwd");
>
> But it doesn't work. It also doesn't work in all these combinations:

> $x = 'system("pwd")';
> $x = system("`pwd`");
>
> Can You help me to write the result of 'pwd' in $x?
Where is 'pwd'?
You will find it in /usr/bin probably, just look
Then do your system("/usr/bin")
Generally though you might prefer to specify those commands earlier, eg,
my $pwd = '/bin/pwd';
and then do asystem ("$pwd");
I think the failure occurs because perls environment is not the same
as yours.
Owen
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