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command line arguments with the backtick

 


Seshouan
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Nov 2, 2000, 11:38 AM

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Hello,
I'm having problems with using the backtick(`) for a shell invocation. I'm programming some XSL and have the following in my program:
`xt test.xml test.xsl test.htm`;

This command works fine if I type it directly from the command line, but my perl program dies once it reaches this, saying that there is an error. Do I need to include a special module in order to use the backtick command? Please help.

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sleuth
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Nov 2, 2000, 7:56 PM

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Re: command line arguments with the backtick [In reply to] Can't Post
 
I think that you will find system(""); works better. Use back ticks when you are doing something like $path = `whereis sendmail`;

To run something on the system, do this,

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">code:</font><HR>


system("xt test.xml test.xsl test.htm");
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sleuth

 
 


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