Need Help w/PERL system command

lorik · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006

Hi,
I'm wanting to run an nslookup, dig or whatever to check for the existence of a printer. The PERL script will display the results on the screen, but I can't figure out how to capture the result & test the value. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!!! Thank You

nathan · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006

Just an example.

Code:

#! /usr/bin/perl

my $data;
$data = qx { nslookup localhost };
chomp $data;

printf(" data =>$data<= \n");

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