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Which Perl function can be used to launch a child process to run a program?

  1. split

  2. spin

  3. fork

  4. system
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Explanation

The system() function in Perl executes a program as a child process and returns the exit status. While fork() can create child processes, system() is specifically designed to run external programs. The split function is for splitting strings, and 'spin' is not a Perl function.

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