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11-10-2008

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Perl System command calls to variable

I am new to scripting in Perl so I have a dumb question.
I know I can call system commands using

system("date");

But I am not able to:
1. set its output to a variable
2. run in quiet mode(no output to the screen)

The examples i have

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print `date +\%y\%m\%d.\%H\%M`;   # OK
x=`date +\%y\%m\%d.\%H\%M`;     #ERROR
print x;

I get something like
Can't modify constant item in scalar assignment

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