system("2_CleanXMLfiles.pl \"$now_string\"");
system("3a_MakeTDVfilesA.pl \"$now_string\" $start_date $end_date 1>MakeTDVfilesA.pl.stdout 2>MakeTDVfilesA.pl.stderr");

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system("2_CleanXMLfiles.pl");
system("3a_MakeTDVfilesA.pl");