From 7aa55663c30ec86097e834c5eeeaf3e3ec676d81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Szakats <commit@vsz.me>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 17:41:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] backtick to qx

---
 .github/scripts/randcurl.pl | 2 +-
 scripts/checksrc.pl         | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/randcurl.pl b/.github/scripts/randcurl.pl
index 9478813c8b..2c24a6b500 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/randcurl.pl
+++ b/.github/scripts/randcurl.pl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sub storedata {
 }
 
 sub getoptions {
-    my @all = `$curl --help all`;
+    my @all = qx($curl --help all);
     for my $o (@all) {
         chomp $o;
         if($o =~ /^ -(.), --([^ ]*) (.*)/) {
diff --git a/scripts/checksrc.pl b/scripts/checksrc.pl
index 2806b70405..b09ded9bfe 100755
--- a/scripts/checksrc.pl
+++ b/scripts/checksrc.pl
@@ -1226,12 +1226,12 @@ sub scanfile {
         @copyright = sort {$$b{year} cmp $$a{year}} @copyright;
 
         # if the file is modified, assume commit year this year
-        if(`git status -s -- "$file"` =~ /^ [MARCU]/) {
+        if(qx(git status -s -- "$file") =~ /^ [MARCU]/) {
             $commityear = (localtime(time))[5] + 1900;
         }
         else {
             # min-parents=1 to ignore wrong initial commit in truncated repos
-            my $grl = `git rev-list --max-count=1 --min-parents=1 --timestamp HEAD -- "$file"`;
+            my $grl = qx(git rev-list --max-count=1 --min-parents=1 --timestamp HEAD -- "$file");
             if($grl) {
                 chomp $grl;
                 $commityear = (localtime((split(/ /, $grl))[0]))[5] + 1900;