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Bug #10301 How can I execute an unix command?
Submitted: 2001-04-12 09:51 UTC Modified: 2001-04-12 10:02 UTC
From: mafra at lcmi dot ufsc dot br Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: Earlier? Upgrade first! OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-04-12 09:51 UTC] mafra at lcmi dot ufsc dot br 
For example : 'tail -n 10 test.txt > test2.txt'
I tryed use the exec() function, but without success.

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 [2001-04-12 10:02 UTC] hholzgra@php.net 
system(), exec(), the backtick operator `...`
and popen() should all do the job

when dealing with shell functions like output
redirection you should use system() as it
will first start a shell to run the command in

AND YOU SHOULD DEFINETLY CLICK THE DO'S AND DON'TS
LINK ON TOP OF THE ERROR SUBMISSION FORM NEXT TIME

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