Hey guys, I am trying to run a system command on a string extracted from an sql database. The string appears to be extracted correctly (it prints fine), however whenever I try an run an external program on it (using system), the program only receives the first character. I have posted the code I am using below. 
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI;

my $file="sample";
my $dbh=DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=$file","","") or die "Unable t
+o establish connection to $file\n";

my ($link)=$dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT value FROM ItemTable WHERE ke
+y='link'");

print "\$link is $link\n";
system("echo", $link);
$dbh->disconnect;

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A sample sql file can be found at http://qpls.devio.us/sample Any help would be much appreciated,

Thanks,
Hermes

In reply to system function not handling string properly by hermes1908

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