Re: external application output to a buffer

[Luca Cavalli <loopback slackit org>]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:50:58 +0100
Stefano Esposito <ragnarok email it> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> i'm trying to redirect the output of an external application called
> with ` ` to a buffer. I need that the output is sent to the buffer in
> real time, like a console and not when external program's execution is
> finished. Any hint?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Stefano

Hi,
you can read the output of an executed command opening it with a | after
its name, like this:

open (IN, "runme |");
while (<IN>)
{
    # do something with $_
}
close (IN);

Ciao

-- 
Luca