How do we Call an external routine in Perl

[Bazil]

Is there a way to call/ launch an external command in perl
I mean for example call a Java script or a shortcut of some sort.

Thanks for any suggestion

 

[Gregory Toomey]

It was a dark and stormy night, and Bazil managed to scribble:

Is there a way to call/ launch an external command in perl
I mean for example call a Java script or a shortcut of some sort.

Thanks for any suggestion

Browsers call javascript, not Perl.

In linux/unix, the system() command calls an external program, either a shell script or an executable.

gtoomey

 

[Tad McClellan]

Is there a way to call/ launch an external command in perl

^^^^^^^^

perldoc -q external


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