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Re^3: [Win32] Escaping quotes in perl one liner

by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop)
on Nov 28, 2020 at 09:47 UTC ( [id://11124313]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: [Win32] Escaping quotes in perl one liner
in thread [Win32] Escaping quotes in perl one liner

Perhaps when the shell saw a backslash in those contexts, it might have been inclined to think "directory separator", so they had to come up with a different escape symbol.

Ah-ha. Yes, I think you're right! I've wondered about that for a long time. Thank you for dispelling my perplexity.


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