It seems that perl doesn't glob arguments on windows.

Output in windows command prompt: 

c:\scratch>dir /B
file1
file2
file3

c:\scratch>perl -wnl -e "BEGIN{ print qq(Arguments: @ARGV); exit; }" *
Arguments: *

c:\scratch>|

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compared to output in a linux shell: 

Linux > ls
file1  file2  file3
Linux > perl -wnl -e 'BEGIN { print "Arguments: @ARGV"; exit; }' *
Arguments: file1 file2 file3
Linux > |

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A little annoying when I want to use my scripts on both linux and windows.

I solved it with a tiny module in my home directory: 

package Glob::Auto;
use strict;

BEGIN {
    @ARGV or return;                            # done if no arguments
    @ARGV = map { -e ? $_ : glob $_ } @ARGV;    # glob anything that d
+oesn't exist
}

1;

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So I simply add use Glob::Auto; to my script, and it works the same on windows as on linux.

Has anyone experienced the same? Any other solutions?

Could it be a bug? I am using Strawberry Perl version 5.32

In reply to globbing arguments on windows by WithABeard

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