#!/usr/bin/perl
# Fig. 18.8: fig18_08.pl
# Demonstrates using backticks.

use warnings;
use strict;

my $date;
my $version;

if ( $^O =~ /Win/ ) {
   $version = ( `ver` );
   $date = ( `date /t` );
}
else {
   $version = ( `uname -r -s` );
   $date = ( `date` );
}

print( "The Operating system version is $version");
print( "\n", $date );


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