Re: Variable interpolation using back ticks

Now, I can imagine that
`perl test.pl "$var1" "$var2\\$var3"`
won't work (and is quite atrocious).

The back tick does variable interpolation so I believe that you should be able to do `perl test.pl $var1 $var2\\$var3` and have it work. Assuming that Perl is in the path and that test.pl is in the local directory.

--t. alex

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Re: Re: Variable interpolation using back ticks by dimmesdale (Friar) on Jun 24, 2002 at 15:09 UTC
Well actually perl isn't in the path. . . but that's a long story (soon to be fixed, hopefully). The command that I'm using looks like this: `E:\perl\bin\perl test.pl $arg1 $arg2`; [download] The problem is that it still gives me a bad command/filename warning (Windows 98, {active}perl running on MS-DOS prompt) Update: System procedure works. Thanks boss.	[reply] [d/l]