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Asked: 2026-05-10T21:22:24+00:00

I am executing a diff command in perl . my @lines = `/usr/local/bin/diff -udr

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I am executing a diff command in perl.

my @lines = `/usr/local/bin/diff -udr \'$expected_file\' \'$gen_file\'`;  if ($? != 0) {     print ERRFILE 'Diff between $expected_file and $gen_file failed\n';     return $diff_err; }

Here the diff might have failed because of some reason. For example: the stderr showed that /usr/local/bin/diff: test.txt: No such file or directory. I want to read this message in the program. How I can find the stderr message of the diff command (or grep or any command I execute)?

Appreciate the help in advance.

Thanks, Mathew Liju

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  1. This is answered in perlfaq8: How can I capture STDERR from an external command?

    If I want to read STDOUT and STDERR of a process, I use IPC::Open3, which comes with Perl. That way, I don’t have to merge those streams and later figure out what part of the output came from what.

    I would try to avoid temporary files whenever possible (so no 2>file.txt). That’s just too much work and code when I can read STDERR directly.

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