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suppress print statements during "do" call

aj2taylo
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Nov 8, 2004, 6:52 AM

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suppress print statements during "do" call	Can't Post

I have a segment of code like:

do "some.cgi";

This obviously executes some.cgi, however I would like to do the following:

1) I wish to suppress whatever gets printed from some.cgi

2) Ideally, I'd like to do something like "$result = do "some.cgi"; ", but not sure if this is possible. Keep in mind, I don't want to do a system call, as there may be a large amount of tainted data I'll have to pass in at some point.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Andrew

KevinR
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Nov 8, 2004, 11:39 AM

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Re: [aj2taylo] suppress print statements during "do" call [In reply to]	Can't Post

why don't you just edit the some.cgi script to not print data?

Your question is confusing to me but maybe:

$results = do 'some.cgi';
undef $results;

so you run the script but immediately delete any return data. Are you sure you shouldn't be using "require" or "use"?
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aj2taylo
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Nov 8, 2004, 12:07 PM

Post #3 of 3 (350 views)

Re: [KevinR] suppress print statements during "do" call [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hey,

I don't want to edit some.cgi to not print because it is being used in other scenarios and removing the print will affect others. So, my script is utilizing it, but doesn't want the print statements coming through.

Also, require and use aren't useful here, because I want the script to run from beginning to end as usual, not just call certain subroutines.

Anyhow, I've found a solution - redirecting STDOUT has allowed me to suppress the print statments.

Thanks,

AT

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