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

Francisco's cool response:

my $ret = `/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py arg1 arg2 2>&1`;

is simplified by Blagovest Buyukliev:

my $ret = `/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py arg1 arg2`;

The alternative is,

my $ret = system(/usr/bin/pdf2txt.py arg1 arg2`);

I don't think will work because the output is printed onto the screen and will not be captured by $ret