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Re: pass subroutine value to scalarby dpuu (Chaplain) |
on Jan 12, 2006 at 02:46 UTC ( [id://522605]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The subroutine as your have coded it doesn't actually have a meaningful return value. The problem is that the "system" command does not capure the output text of the command. Perl has a different operator for that:
The qx operation could also be written using backticks:
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