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Re^2: Effect of redirecting output to /dev/null on $? value

by afoken (Canon)
on Aug 04, 2020 at 20:27 UTC ( #11120288=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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  1. or download this
    `exec my_executable_that_seg_faults > /dev/null`;
  2. or download this
    # (untested)
my $pid=fork();
...
    exec { $cmd_and_args[0] } @cmd_and_args;
    die "exec failed: $!";
}

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