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and if you're specifically interested in `ls` and `date`,<br />
it would be faster and more portable to use the built in readdir and localtime functions.<br />

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and if you're specifically interested in `ls` and `date`,
it would be faster and more portable to use the built in readdir and localtime functions.


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Hello,<br />
How can I execute unix commands like &quot;ls&quot; ,&quot;date&quot; inside perl script and print output to a file?<br />
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thanks
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Hello,
How can I execute unix commands like "ls" ,"date" inside perl script and print output to a file?

thanks

very simple question:execute unix command inside script

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages with over 25 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large-scale development projects.  Perl gained widespread popularity as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripting language, in part due to its regular expression and string parsing abilities. In addition to CGI, Perl is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications.