amoura has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello guys , I am trying to excute the following :
cbsfpfg `echo "esel"$REE esel`
where cbsfpfg is an excutable , I am trying somthing like this :
system (qq(cbsfpfg `echo "esel"$REE esel`)); also system (cbsfpfg `echo "esel"$REE esel`);
but I am getting this error :
'cbsfpfg' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
eventhough it works from the command line but inside the script it doesn't . thanks for any help

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Re: system (qq()) problem
by thelenm (Vicar) on Aug 06, 2002 at 21:34 UTC
    Is 'cbsfpfg' located in the current working directory of your program? Try the system call with the full path to 'cbsfpfg' and see if that works. Also make sure that 'cbsfpfg' is executable.

    -- Mike

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