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Shell

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3)
Updated: perl 5.004, patch 04
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NAME

Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl

SYNOPSIS

See below.

DESCRIPTION

  Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 16:18:16 -0700  Message-Id: <9409222318.AA17072AATTscalpel.netlabs.com>  To: perl5-portersAATTisu.edu  From: Larry Wall <lwallAATTscalpel.netlabs.com>  Subject: a new module I just wrote

Here's one that'll whack your mind a little out.

    #!/usr/bin/perl

    use Shell;

    $foo = echo("howdy", "<funny>", "world");    print $foo;

    $passwd = cat("</etc/passwd");    print $passwd;

    sub ps;    print ps -ww;

    cp("/etc/passwd", "/tmp/passwd");

That's maybe too gonzo. It actually exports an AUTOLOAD to the currentpackage (and uncovered a bug in Beta 3, by the way). Maybe the usualusage should be

    use Shell qw(echo cat ps cp);

Larry

AUTHOR

Larry Wall

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