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in thread getting a problem when I use which command with system function

Tried it as well:
# Debian and CentOS Linux: perl -e 'system("which ls");' /bin/ls
Only on windows it did not work, since i use cygwin to perform most linux like functions...
U:\>perl -e 'system("which ls");' /usr/bin/ls U:\>/bin/ls The system cannot find the path specified. U:\>
What os are you using?
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