How can I execute external commands in C++/Linux?

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Use the popen function.

Example (not complete, production quality code, no error handling):

FILE* file = popen("ls", "r");
// use fscanf to read:
char buffer[100];
fscanf(file, "%100s", buffer);
pclose(file);

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