control other applications using perl

From: Joel Smith (joelvsmith_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/30/04


Date: 30 May 2004 09:27:57 -0700

I have a CD-ROM dictionary and the front end of the software that
extracts the definitions has been made so user-unfriendly that it's
practically faster to look the words up in a regular dictionary. what
i'd like to do is right a perl script that will take a list of words,
feed them into the application and and execute commands within the
application that are directed from the perl script. Is this possible?
 Is there a module that does this? Any information would be greatly
appreciated.



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  • Re: control other applications using perl
    ... Joel Smith wrote: ... > extracts the definitions has been made so user-unfriendly that it's ... > feed them into the application and and execute commands within the ... > application that are directed from the perl script. ...
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  • Re: control other applications using perl
    ... > Joel Smith wrote: ... >> practically faster to look the words up in a regular dictionary. ... >> application that are directed from the perl script. ... Closing spawn id. ...
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