system()

Al Effendi · 03-02-2009, 07:36 PM

Hi,

Thanks in advance

using knoppix 5.2

myscript
tried foll.

cmd="ls -l"
system($cmd)

cmd = "ls -l" #with spaces
system($cmd)

$cmd="ls -l"
system($cmd)

cmd="ls -l"
system(cmd)

cmd="ls -l"
system(cmd)

i.e all poss. permutations. also tried pwd other cmnds.
errors for all

Appreciate help

thanks

al

frieza · 03-02-2009, 07:51 PM

first of all what language are you using?
if you are using simple shell scripting then

cmd='ls -l'
$cmd

should work

norobro · 03-02-2009, 08:02 PM

What frieza said.
system() is a c language library function for executing shell commands.
See "man system"