I need to call “/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py” with few arguments from my Perl script. How should i do this ?
I need to call /usr/bin/pdf2txt.py with few arguments from my Perl script. How should
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I need to call “/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py” with few arguments from my Perl script. How should i do this ?
If you need to capture STDOUT:
You can easily capture STDERR redirecting it to STDOUT:
If you need to capture the exit status, then you can use:
Take in mind that both
``andsystem()block until the program finishes execution.If you don’t want to wait, or you need to capture both STDOUT/STDERR and exit status, then you should use IPC::Open3.