System("dir"); Output in a variable 2

[prateekm21]

Suppose I run the command

system("dir"); or system("ver");
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How do I get the output data is a Variable?

Thanks

 

[prateekm21]

To Be more precise I need Dos Command output in a variable using Perl

 

[MillerH]

use backticks

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#`STRING`

[url=http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/my.html][black][b]my[/b][/black][/url] [blue]$dir[/blue] = [red]`[/red][purple]dir[/purple][red]`[/red][red];[/red]

Better still just stick with pure perl solutions such as opendir.

http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/opendir.html

- Miller

 

[KevinADC]

I prefer the qx// operator for readability:

my $dir = qx/dir/;

it does the same as backtiks.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[travs69]

is qx identical to backticks or are there any differences.

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Travis - Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by someone else doing it; Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions;

 

[prateekm21]

Thanks You Guys !!!!

 

[KevinADC]

As far as i know, backtiks and qx do the exact same thing. qx being a quote operator you can choose a different delimiter to use, but backtiks must be backtiks.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[PaulTEG]

same answer, qx and backticks, are identical in functionality, but only marginally different in how they're called

qx /STRING/

Paul
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