Shell(3)							      Shell(3)

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     Shell - run shell commands	transparently within perl

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     See below.

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       Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 16:18:16 -0700
       Message-Id: <[email protected]>
       To: [email protected]
       From: Larry Wall	<[email protected]>
       Subject:	a new module I just wrote

     Here's one	that'll	whack your mind	a little out.

	 #!/usr/bin/perl

	 use Shell;

	 $foo =	echo("howdy", "<funny>", "world");
	 print $foo;

	 $passwd = cat("</etc/passwd");
	 print $passwd;

	 sub ps;
	 print ps -ww;

	 cp("/etc/passwd", "/tmp/passwd");

     That's maybe too gonzo.  It actually exports an AUTOLOAD to the current
     package (and uncovered a bug in Beta 3, by	the way).  Maybe the usual
     usage should be

	 use Shell qw(echo cat ps cp);

     Larry

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     Larry Wall


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