> I have some PERL scripts that generate Listserv reports. These scripts run
> directly on our Listserv, which is a system that runs Tru64 Unix as its
> OS. These scripts currently use the listview utility to gather information
> about the lists on our server. What I want to do is find a better way to
> generate some of the information I want. For example, given a particular
> list, I want to figure out the number of subscribers to that list and to
> do that, I am hoping I can code something like the following statement in
> PERL:
>
>   lcmd query listname for *@* | grep -c "\@"
>
> The trouble is that the lcmd utility doesn't appear to do anything. When I
> log in, gain root access or log in as listserv and type "lcmd" at the Unix
> prompt, all I get is a Unix prompt back. Nothing appears in Listserv's
> logfile either.
>
> How can I get this to work, or is there a better alternative to lcmd
> that I should look at?

LCMD puts a command in LISTSERV's queue and the result is emailed back
to the userid that LCMD ran under.  You probably want the LCMDX command
that's described in the LISTSERV Developer's Guide.