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How do you you check the return code of a command in perl?

Answer Posted / Preeti Sonker

In Perl, you can check the return code of a command using the system() function or backticks ``. Here is an example using system():n```perlnmy $command = 'ls -l';nsystem($command);nif ($?) {n print "The command returned an error with exit status: $?";n}n``

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