Werner Otto wrote:
>
> Hi there,
Hello,
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> $string = system ("ping -a $hostname | cut -c20-30");
Use the Net::Ping module instead.
http://search.cpan.org/~bbb/Net-Ping-2.31/
> This result returns 0 which is suppose to indicate success. But it never
> prov
Werner Otto wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> $string = system ("ping -a $hostname | cut -c20-30");
Then use backticks(`ping -a $hostname | cut -c20-30`) vs system if you want to
see the output. System returns either success or failure, nothing else.
Wags ;)
>
Hi there,
I am trying to do the following:
$string = system ("ping -a $hostname | cut -c20-30");
This result returns 0 which is suppose to indicate success. But it never
proves me wrong it always stays un-changed at 0.
More to the point. I am trying to store the value returned, which would be
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