Perl and UNIX

[druggist]

I have a very large database that i can search using some unix commands. I need to create a web interface so the users can access it the same way.

I want to create a perl script that has unix commands in it that will enable users to click various fields and then hit submit to run the script.

Is this possible? I can give more info if needed.

druggist

 

[latch]

perldoc -f system

or

perldoc -f exec

on your UNIX prompt should provide you information on UNIX commands within a perl script.

Backticks should also help ....


#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Perl is here -> ",`which perl`,"\n";


The shell command in the above code is enclosed within backticks .





HTH

regards
CM


I don't know where everyone gets this notion that Perl has "weak typing". It's just not true, as long as you define the context properly.
-Randall L Schwartz in comp.lang.perl.misc

 

[Guest_imported]

try using systems calls
e.g

print `ls` will list the directory

you can assing variables to these

$list = `ls`;
print "$list";

 

[druggist]

ill give it a try.

thanks...

druggist

 

[druggist]

I think that will work for executing a unix command with a perl script, but now the more daunting task is to create something that my web interface/form will be able to process. If i have a couple of fields that will give me the necessary info to put in the command line, how do i go from the inputted data by the user to the command line?

druggist?

 

[tsdragon]

Check out the documentation on the CGI module. You can find it at

http://www.cpan.org

Tracy Dryden
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