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you're half a^Befforting, not your fault you need maximum effort. Win32::Unicode Win32::Unicode its simpler/more portable to avoid unicode in filenames and shells Re^4: How can I get a Unicode @ARGV?

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Re^2: How to pass a folder name to Windows external commands? (Shortpathname)
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2022 at 12:17 UTC
    Shortpathname has caveats, cmd.exe dir wildcards with short names, real surprise after a few decades. , newer versions of windows dont turn on 8.3 names by default
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      Short pathnames will work for my folders, but not for my files. One of the commands I execute to check FLAC files needs the Unicode pathname because it doesn't recognize .FLA files.

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