What command I have to use to execute Linux commands with Perl?

like the command "ls -a".

Thanks

if its a .pl file you can ./filename.pl
or perl filename.cgi iirc

I don't think that's what he means.

to run "ls -la", you can do system("ls -la");

or use backticks:


`ls -al`;

what I wanted was that, thank-you guys!

command system(), works :D

topic solved

Duhhhhh me, "Running system commands within a Perl script" would of got the right answer from me ;)