Reference: open2
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:49:00Z

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| Chapter 8 Standard Modules |

## open2

    open2 (\*rdr, \*wtr, cmd_with_args)

Forks a child process to execute the specified command. Takes the following arguments:

\*rdr

  Represents a read filehandle that your program can use to read from the command $cmd's standard output. Can be a FileHandle object or a reference to a typeglob.

\*wtr

  Represents a write filehandle that your program can use to write to the command $cmd's standard input. Can be a FileHandle object or a reference to a typeglob.

cmd_with_arguments

  The command to be executed by the child process, and its arguments. Can be specified two ways:

  >     $cmd_with_args
  >     $cmd, "arg1", "arg2", ...

8.98 IPC::Open2 |  | 8.98 IPC::Open2