On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:18:56PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Michael" == Michael Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> On Friday 06 December 2002 12:56, Colin Watson wrote: > >> Use the "pipe open" syntax. The perlopentut man page will help. > > Michael> Or even easier, use $output = `cmd`; or @output = `cmd`; > > It's been some years since I've done real perl programming (thank God > for Python!), but the original poster might find it interesting that > the "pipe open" syntax allows the program to read the output when it > is ready. The backquotes require that the program have enough memory > to collect the program output at one time. If there is a lot of > output, that might be worth thinking about. > > Or have I completely forgotten perl?
No, you're right. I tend to reserve backquotes for "quick and dirty" scripting - but this just illustrates that there's more than one way to do it. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
