How to call a python script from Perl?

Question

I need to call \"/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py\" with few arguments from my Perl script. How should i do this ?

Answer 1

If you don't need the script output, but you want the return code, use system():

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my $bin = "/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py";
my @args = qw(arg1 arg2 arg3);
my $cmd = "$bin ".join(" ", @args);

system ($cmd) == 0 or die "command was unable to run to completion:\n$cmd\n";