print "T is '$t'\n";

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$t = "dir \"C:\\ProgramData\\Test1\\Test Folder\""

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dir "C:\\ProgramData\\Test1\\Test Folder"

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$ perl -wMstrict
my $t = "dir \"C:\\ProgramData\\Test1\\Test Folder\"";
print "T is '$t'\n";
__END__
T is 'dir "C:\ProgramData\Test1\Test Folder"'