[SOLVED] Perl Acting Like Bash

[heyyeh]

People reading the forums, lend me yer ears!

I would like to get, in example; this Bash command:

#!/bin/bash
mplayer jkl.flv

And make Perl do the same thing! Is there a way to put Bash commands inside Perl?

If so, thus I ask this question once more!

[goude]

I don't think you can use bash commands in perl. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[drl]

Hi.

Making a few assumptions, you are likely looking for system:

perldoc -f system

the perldoc program being a very useful tool for perl use:

perldoc perldoc

One assumption I made is that you are referring to an external command as defined by:

Commands on Unix-like operating systems are either built-ins or external commands. The former are part of the shell. The latter consist of both executables, which are programs that have been written in a programming language (e.g., C, C++, Java or Python) and then compiled into a binary, and shell scripts.

-- What is a command? -- definition by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)

For example:

#!/bin/csh
mplayer jkl.flv

Would not make mplayer a csh command, but an external command because it is not a csh built-in.

Best wishes ... cheers, drl

[heyyeh]

I've already found the answer.
system '/usr/bin/mplayer jkl.flv' will do the trick.
My Perl script is done and I can use it now!