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Re: Specifying a shell for use with Backticks

by fletcher_the_dog (Friar)
on Apr 11, 2006 at 19:23 UTC ( #542644=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Specifying a shell for use with Backticks

You can specify enviornment variables for commands done in backticks by using the special %ENV hash, like this 
$ENV{FRED}="JONES";
# this will print JONES
print `echo \$FRED`;

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