Re: Calling Windows Batch from Perl, double-quote appearing out of nowhere


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by karlgoethebier (Abbot)

on Nov 09, 2012 at 14:52 UTC ( [id://1003149]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Try (in testing.bat): echo XXXXXXX > X_%%2.log 2>&1.

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Re^2: Calling Windows Batch from Perl, double-quote appearing out of nowhere by rovf (Priest) on Nov 09, 2012 at 15:40 UTC
Indeed, this works too! (big surprise!) UPDATE: Sorry, responded to quickly. No, it doesn't work. The %% is a notion to escape the percent character, so instead of interpolating the 2nd argument, it just inserts a literal percent sign... -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Calling Windows Batch from Perl, double-quote appearing out of nowhere by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2012 at 15:49 UTC
not really :) you're using cmd to call cmd and the escaping is botched -- double interpolation	[reply]

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