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Asked: 2026-05-25T14:02:44+00:00

I am running a perl script via crontab and redircting its output to a

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I am running a perl script via crontab and redircting its output to a file:

30 1 * * * /full/path/to/my_script.pl >> /full/path/to/my_log_file

Within my_script.pl, I’m executing several other perl scripts via the system() command:

#/usr/bin/env perl
system( "/full/path/to/another_script.pl" );

And within those scripts, I am using ‘print’ to write to STDOUT:

#/usr/bin/env perl
print "Standard output...\n";

It appears, however, that none of those child scripts’ output is getting redirected to my_log_file- The only output I see there is that of the parent perl script. Am I missing something obvious? This is on a linux system.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Hmmm, if using system() then STDOUT should end up back in your log.

    Do you have an example?

    My immediate thoughts go towards the system() call isn’t actually running the other scripts – do you use a full path to the script? Remember cron wont have the same $PATH that your shell has, so may not find the scripts you are trying to run unless they have the full path.

    You could also capture STDERR in your log:
    30 1 * * * /my_script.pl 2>&1 >> my_log_file

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