Re^3: output of one program doesn't show in another on server

qx// `` (backticks) is double-quotish-interpolating, so \usr\bin\perl is really:

>perl -wMstrict -le
"print qq{'\usr\bin\perl'};
"
Unrecognized escape \p passed through at -e line 1.
'Sinperl'
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(Were you using warn-ings?)

Update: Oops... Fixed example code to include initial backslash. (And always, always avoid Sinperl!)

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Re^4: output of one program doesn't show in another on server by gideondsouza (Pilgrim) on Dec 19, 2012 at 06:36 UTC
Thanks very much for your reply. Forgive me but I don't fully understand your answer though. Should I trying using qx instead of backticks?	[reply]
Re^4: output of one program doesn't show in another on server by gideondsouza (Pilgrim) on Dec 19, 2012 at 14:18 UTC
Hey thanks so much. It works in the end. I updated the original post (top post) with my findings. Thanks so much.	[reply]