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johngg@aleatico:~$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E 'say q{}; my( $path ) = qw{ C:\Users\fred\file.txt }; ... C:\Users\fred\file.txt C:/Users/fred/file.txt
johngg@aleatico:~$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E 'say q{}; my( $path ) = qw{ C:\Users\fred\file.txt }; ... C:\Users\fred\file.txt C:\\Users\\fred\\file.txt