C:\>perl -v

This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall

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Built Mar 13 2013 11:29:21

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C:\>perl -e "print `dir \C:\Program Files`; print \"\nerror:  $!\n\" "
File Not Found
 Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS
 Volume Serial Number is 78A2-8234

 Directory of C:\


 Directory of C:\


error:

C:\>perl -e "print `dir \"C:\Program Files\"`"
 Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS
 Volume Serial Number is 78A2-8234

 Directory of C:\Program Files

07/08/2014  09:31 AM    <DIR>          .
07/08/2014  09:31 AM    <DIR>          ..
[redacted directory list]
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
              45 Dir(s)  137,746,575,360 bytes free

C:\>