in reply to Re: Re: How to use options in Perl shell?
in thread How to use options in Perl shell?

The version of Shell I just downloaded (v0.4) requires you to import the commands you want to use on the use line which you don't show in your example.

use Shell qw[xcopy dir];

Other than that, the other problem I encountered was that if the command prompts for any reason, then then the script just sits there waiting for input--could that be your problem?

Many of the commands have a "shut up and do it" switch (/I will stop XCOPY prompting "Is the destination a file or directory" etc.) 

print xcopy '/S', 'c:\test\junk*', 't:';

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