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C:\foo\>perl -e "print `dir;"
Can't find string terminator "`" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

C:\foo\>perl -e "system dir;"

...
11/21/2003  02:49p      <DIR>          .c--
11/21/2003  02:49p      <DIR>          .c#
 <snipped - no further interest here ... >

C:\foo\>perl -e "$cmd=system(dir);print $cmd;"

...
               9 Dir(s)  67,502,247,936 bytes free
0 <=== There is the UNshifted system status/return code referenced abo
+ve....
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