It's true, typing: 
perl -e "@dir=`dir`; print qq{hello, $dir[0]};"

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Does print 
hello,

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However, this is because the first line of output from the Windows "dir" command is a blank line. If instead you use 
perl -e "@dir=`dir`; print qq{hello, $dir[1]};"

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you'll get 
hello,  Volume in drive C has no label

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stephen

Clarification: My response only referred to the example in the parent node. I'm sorry that my response wasn't helpful. I tested my example code on 5.6.1.631 running on Windows 98, and it gave the results I stated. Perhaps I've got an incorrect assumption running around someplace.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: backtick problems with perl 5.6.1.631 by stephen
in thread backtick problems with perl 5.6.1.631 by ruffing

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