From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-05-03T05:52:19+09:00
Subject: Re: shell script with arguments within perl script


On May 3, 2007, at 5:22 AM, jay wrote:

> Hi! I wanted to run the system command with in Perl script to execute
> shell script with argument. I need to know the correct syntax for the
> arguments.
>
> Ex.)
> #/opt/bin/perl
>
> system("shellscript.sh" <arg1>, <arg2> <arg3>);
>
> I am getting syntax error. If i get rid of the arg1-3 then the shell
> script runs just fine.
>
> thanks.
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
in Ruby:

system( command, arg, arg, arg)

Returns true if command runs successfully, false otherwise.

There is also:

exec( command, arg, arg, arg)

Exact behavior is platform dependent. One might presume that since  
Ruby borrows a fair amount from Perl, that there may be something  
similar going on.