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On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 kevin.schmidt@convergys.com wrote:
> I understand how the system command works. I understand the
> difference between system() and backticks. My question is this:
> I want to make a call to an external program and I want the output
> printed to the command line as it is processing, BUT, I also want
> the output returned to me so that I can parse and check it for certain
> conditions. Basically I need the functionality of both system() and
> backticks. How do I accomplish this? I looked into redirecting
> STDOUT, but didnt see how it was possible.
Use it as a pipe:
open IFCONFIG, "ifconfig -a |" or die "Could not fork: !$\n";
while(<IFCONFIG>) {
print $_;
#do stuff with $_
}
close IFCONFIG or die "Could not end child: $!\n";
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/
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