STDOUT and STDERR from command lines

[Joe]

I wish to have an easy way to capture STDERR and STDOUT from a command line(system("$cmd") or `$cmd`). The methods give on perl FAQ list is complicated (http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq8.html#How-can-I-capture-STDERR-from-an-external-command). However the "Net::SSH:erl" module has a very nice way to capture them like in:

my($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = $ssh->cmd($cmd);

I wonder is there a function/module to allow something like:

my($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = `$cmd`;

I did search but fail to find so far. Any advice would be appreciated.

joe

 

[Jim Gibson]

I wish to have an easy way to capture STDERR and STDOUT from a command line
(system("$cmd") or `$cmd`). The methods give on perl FAQ list is complicated
(http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq8.html#How-can-I-capture-STDERR-from-an-extern
al-command). However the "Net::SSH:erl" module has a very nice way to
capture them like in:

my($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = $ssh->cmd($cmd);

I wonder is there a function/module to allow something like:

my($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = `$cmd`;

I did search but fail to find so far. Any advice would be appreciated.

The methods given in the FAQ are complicated, but perhaps that
complexity is required. I would try one of the following and see how
far I got:

IPC::Open3
IPC::Run
IPC::Run3

 

[Joe]

Wow, it's great to learn. THANK YOU ALL so much!
(I would have no way to find them myself

joe