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Re: calling Unix commandsby cwest (Friar) |
on Oct 18, 2000 at 20:53 UTC ( [id://37355]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
You can use backtics ( `ls` ) to return the output of a command, or you could use the Shell module.
And if you have a development version of Perl laying around ( 5.7.0 :) you can check out the OO interface to Shell ( you're welcome :) Bad namespace polution, bad! -- Casey I am a superhero.
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