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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index 96bb05273a..86cb294fe3 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -1185,10 +1185,10 @@ but leave its STDOUT to come out the old STDERR: $output = `cmd 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 3>&-`; To read both a command's STDOUT and its STDERR separately, it's easiest -and safest to redirect them separately to files, and then read from those -files when the program is done: +to redirect them separately to files, and then read from those files +when the program is done: - system("program args 1>/tmp/program.stdout 2>/tmp/program.stderr"); + system("program args 1>program.stdout 2>program.stderr"); Using single-quote as a delimiter protects the command from Perl's double-quote interpolation, passing it on to the shell instead: |