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how does qx select a "/bin/sh equivalent"?

by bronto (Priest)
on Jun 10, 2008 at 15:26 UTC ( #691255=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    #!/usr/bin/perl
    
    ...
    my $output = qx'echo $SHELL' ;
    
    print $output ;
    
  2. or download this
          qx/STRING/
          ‘STRING‘
                  A string which is (possibly) interpolated and then exe-
                  cuted as a system command with "/bin/sh" or its equiva-
                  lent.[...]
    

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