Hello IB2017,

The Browser::Open module determines an OS-sppropriate value for $cmd and then executes a call to system($cmd, $url);. So if the equivalent call fails on your OS when invoked directly, it will fail similarly via a call to open_browser. For example, on my system (Windows 8.1, 64-bit, Perl 5.28.0):

21:47 >perl -wE "system('start', 'https://www.google.com/search?q=fina
+nce&source=lnms&tbm=isch');"
'source' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'tbm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
21:53 >

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But changing the query delimiter from & to ; fixes the problem for me:

21:53 >perl -wE "system('start', 'https://www.google.com/search?q=fina
+nce;source=lnms;tbm=isch');"

21:54 >

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— and the equivalent:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Browser::Open qw( open_browser );

my $url = 'https://www.google.com/search?q=finance;source=lnms;tbm=isc
+h';
my $ok  =  open_browser($url);

printf "\$ok = >%s<: %s\n", $ok,
        !defined($ok) ? 'no recognised command found' :
         $ok == 0     ? 'command found and executed'  :
                        'command found, error while executing';

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works correctly:

21:58 >perl 1952_SoPW.pl
$ok = >0<: command found and executed

21:58 >

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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re: Browser::Open Windows metacharacters by Athanasius
in thread Browser::Open Windows metacharacters by IB2017

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