[Techtalk] using shell commands in perl scripts

[Berenice]

I've just started perl as part of my course and I'm wondering how you
can use commands such as rm, mkdir and less in perl scripts.  I've
looked at perldocs shell:
http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/Shell.html

but I don't understand what it's talking about at the second half of
the the page: 

>It actually exports an AUTOLOAD to the current package (and
uncovered a >bug in Beta 3, by the way). Maybe the usual usage should
be:

>    use Shell qw(echo cat ps cp);  

Does this mean if I want to use shell commands, my script should have
"use Shell qw(all the shell commands I want to use);" at the start of
the script?

thanks
Berenice
 


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