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Re^2: problem in running UNIX command through perl

by marcussen (Pilgrim)
on Oct 28, 2008 at 00:53 UTC ( [id://719875]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


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The quotes shouldn't interfere and would be required if he had spaces in his filenames for example

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Re^3: problem in running UNIX command through perl
by mpeever (Friar) on Oct 28, 2008 at 01:43 UTC
    It sometimes makes the code more readable to delimit strings in qq{}: 
    my $cmd = qq{ egrep -f "$_proj_file" "$_running_file" > "$_admin_temp_
+file" };
my $result = `$cmd`; # or even qx{$cmd}

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    That keeps you from having to escape quotes, etc.
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