Getting console output

[EDPB]

Hi again!

I need some help \ pointers on how to get the output generated in a console after you run a system command into a text widget (Perl Tk). I feel rather confident that I could get the data put into the widget if I could actually GET the data to begin with, but I can't seem to get this done :(

e.g. system "someAppThatGeneratesConsoleOutput.exe" -> get the output that is generated from this..

Can't really explain any better, hope you understand :) Seen this done before (cross linux\windows with a simple method..) But I don't have that code anymore and I cant seem to remember how.

[nithinpes]

You may use reverse quotes to run the system command and capture the results into a variable and later insert it to Tk Textbox:

my  $TextBox= $fr->Scrolled( 'Text', '-scrollbars' => 'e', '-background' => 'yellow',       
  )->pack( -fill => 'both', -expand => 1, -side => 'bottom' );
 
my @res=`dir /w`; ##Pass your comand within reverse quotes
 
$TextBox->insert('end',"@res");
 

[KevinADC]

You can also use what I think is a more readable quoting operator that does the same thing as the backtiks:

my @res= qx{dir /w};

[EDPB]

Ah Wonderful! :D Thanks a lot =)