actually batch is called like this: c:\>md5.bat HEX file.txt
Where %1 points to a label and %2 feeds the perl one-liner the file name. Here is the batch code: 
@echo off
goto %1
goto END

:BASE64
echo Digesting %2
d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -MDigest::MD5 -e "open(FH,shift);print Digest::MD
+5->new->addfile(FH)->b64digest" %2
goto END

:BIN
d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -MDigest::MD5 -e "open(FH,shift);print Digest::MD
+5->new->addfile(FH)->digest" %2
goto END

:HEX
d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -MDigest::MD5 -e "open(FH,shift);print Digest::MD
+5->new->addfile(FH)->hexdigest" %2
goto END

:END
echo. 
echo Bye

[download]
And the one-liner is executed:
d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -MDigest::MD5 -e "open(FH,shift);print Digest::MD5->new->addfile(FH)->hexdigest" file.txt No space in the file name. It works every time, it's just that the hash is different for each method.
Note:they are consistent in their disagreement.
Here is the HEX output for the .bat method:

b2dac3151aa297fe172ee847b9317c31

Here is the output from the perl one liner run at the command line:

7b3c4b4d258a62aa54821ad9e4cbfc05

Thanks for the help!

humbly,
novitiate
"...goodnight you princes of main(e)"  --The Cider House Rules

In reply to Re: win32 perl-in-batch by novitiate
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