Call another program in Perl script

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I want to execute a program which takes in 1 text file(say like Text.exe), I want to use this output(also txt) for future use in C# program. I'm thinking of using a Perl Script to execute that (the script does some other stuff as well), but not quite sure how to call the .exe in Perl script. I'd appreciate any suggestion.

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Oleg V. Volkov · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-14 21:41:28Z

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Use back ticks:` if you need to capture output from program.

my $output = `program.exe`;

You can find more details on different IPC methods available in Perl in perlipc.

answered Jun 14, 2012 at 21:41

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Zagorax Over a year ago

He's saying that the output is written in a txt file, so it will not capture it in this way.

Zagorax · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-14 21:40:03Z

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Use:

system("c:\somepath\program.exe");

You can add arguments to the string.

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