This is a simple script which sorts TV show episodes into the right folders, it comes down to this basic example:

### I run this from the command line:
/usr/bin/perl mover.pl The.Rookie.S05E14.720p.HEVC.x265-MeGusta[eztv.r
+e].mkv

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The script dies here:

    unless ( -e $ARGV[0] ) {
        die("$ARGV[0] doesn't exist");
    }

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But:

If I skip the file-exists test and go right to moving the file to the correct folder, I can do this: 

    say "move command: 'mv $ARGV[0] ./r/'";
    system("mv $ARGV[0] ./r/");

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The mv command in the system() call fails with "No such file or directory", but the exact same command, if I copy and paste it from the perl script's output and hit enter, works just fine.

Is it the brackets in the filename? I tried escaping them and it make no difference. The only wrinkle I can think of is that this is happening on MacOS, but the files in question are on a share from a Linux NAS, could that be causing issues?

In reply to Why does system("mv $x $y") not work when it works at the command line? by Cody Fendant

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