Hi Ken,

Thanks so much for your fast reply. Escaping the back slashes in the format option worked! The output using system does the format properly now. Code: 
$output = system("cleartool lsco -r -brt p_JOESDRUGS_DT_Int -fmt \"%En
+\\t%u\\n\"");

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The zero is still at the end, but I can always chop that off. Output: 

.\EDC_Export\Test_file2.txt     mkjohnson
.\EDC_Export\Test_file3.txt     mkjohnson
0

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However, I still haven't solved the first issue. I tried your advice, and this solves the problem of recognizing the content of $stream, but the command fails. I also tried it with including the double quotes escaped: 

$output = system('cleartool', 'lsco', '-r', '-brt', $stream, '-fmt', '
+\"%En\\t%u\\n\"');

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But that still fails. However, a different failure, so I'm getting closer. It's a cleartool error and it reveals it can read $stream. Output: 

cleartool: Warning: Type not found: "p_JOESDRUGS_DT_Int".
0

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So I am getting closer. I will try playing around with this combination, but any further advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

In reply to Re^2: ClearCase Command text in Backticks is ignored by Deep_Plaid
in thread ClearCase Command text in Backticks is ignored by Deep_Plaid

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