Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-15 Thread C.DeRykus
On Nov 13, 4:08 am, subhashinibasavar...@gmail.com (Subhashini) wrote: > #!/usr/bin/perl > use strict; > **"; > system ("dict -d fd-eng-fra $english > /tmp/myoutput"); > ... > It stil doesn't work The system call may fail so checking the return status is always advised: 0

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-14 Thread Jim Gibson
At 5:38 PM +0530 11/13/09, Subhashini wrote: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; print "ENTER THE WORD IN ENGLISH"; print "\n"; $english=; print "word ="; print "$english"; print "\n"; print "*** FRENCH -TO - ENGLISH - TRANSLATION*

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-14 Thread Subhashini
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; print "ENTER THE WORD IN ENGLISH"; print "\n"; $english=; print "word ="; print "$english"; print "\n"; print "*** FRENCH -TO - ENGLISH - TRANSLATION"; system ("dict -d fd-eng-fra $

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Subhashini
This is the code that i have written *#!/usr/bin/perl print "ENTER THE WORD IN ENGLISH"; print "\n"; $english=; print "word ="; print "$english"; print "\n"; print "*** FRENCH -TO - ENGLISH - TRANSLATION"; s

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Dermot
2009/11/13 Subhashini : > > This is the code that i have written > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > print "ENTER THE WORD IN ENGLISH"; > print "\n"; > $english=; > print "word ="; > print "$english"; > print "\n"; > print "***   FRENCH -TO - ENGLISH - > TRANSLATION    *

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread John W. Krahn
Dermot wrote: 2009/11/13 Subhashini : I am doing a coversion on french to english words.I have installed the dictionary and i could use it on my command prompt using the following command. dict -d fd-fra-eng bonjour This is a french to english coversion dict -d fd-eng-fra potatoThis is

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Philip Potter
2009/11/13 Dermot : > 2009/11/13 Subhashini : >> i did try it but didn't work.. > > Did try what? Can you please show us what you've tried. Post the > updated version. And can you please reply to the mailing list. There > will be others how might find the answer to their problem by searching > the

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Dermot
2009/11/13 Subhashini : > i did try it but didn't work.. Did try what? Can you please show us what you've tried. Post the updated version. And can you please reply to the mailing list. There will be others how might find the answer to their problem by searching the archives and seeing your mail. D

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Dermot
2009/11/13 Subhashini : > hello dermot, Hello You should direct you replies to the mailing list. There are far better programmers out there then me. > I am doing a coversion on french to english words.I have installed the > dictionary and i could use it on my command prompt using the following

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Dermot
2009/11/13 Subhashini : > could you help me resolve this problem I just did. Have a look at those docs and examples. They are pretty clear. They show you exactly how to redirect to a file or STDERR. [Quote] 1. system("prog args 1>tmpfile 2>&1"); 2. system("prog args 2>&1 1>tmpfile"); [/Quo

Re: redirecting to a file in perl

2009-11-13 Thread Dermot
2009/11/13 Subhashini : > i am trying to execute unix commands using perl.I am doing this using *System > command.* > Could i know how i could r*edirect the output of that command onto a log > file either by using a perl script or may be using command line arguments.* > Please do help me. See perl