Actually, the behavior on Windows (10, 1903 edition) appears to depend on one's shell.

I ran toohoo's test in different "command windows" on my Windows laptop.

Here's what I found:

I don't think these results surprise anyone familiar with how Windows has implemented some of these things; however, the variation may surprise a few others.

(Oh, should mileage vary [likely], I suppose it's worth mentioning that I have two copies of perl installed on my laptop: the one provided with git bash and a relatively recent copy of Strawberry perl.)

Hope this helps...

-- f

1 - There are multiple versions of PowerShell available; I use generally use Core, but the same behavior was seen in the Desktop version as well.

In reply to Re^2: beginners trap: one liner by footpad
in thread solved: beginners trap: one liner by toohoo

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