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Old 01-11-2011
perl/unix: script in command line works but not in perl
so in unix this command works works and shows me a list of directories
Code:
find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt

but when i try running a perl script to run this command

Code:
my $query = 'find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt';
system($query);

list.txt is created but is blank with nothing there.

help?
Last edited by vbe; 01-12-2011 at 05:57 AM.. Reason: more code tags...
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Old 01-11-2011
Hi,

Remove pipe after sort.

Code:
my $query = 'find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt';
system($query);

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kpddong
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Old 01-11-2011
thank you!
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