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I created a script, which starts a program, for example the ls. I want to get the new program’s output and its return status, without starting it again. I can grab the output, like this:
my $out = `ls`
So, how I can get the status?
The $? variable holds this value. Be sure to read the documentation carefully for how to interpret it.