Situation:
  * Win2K
  * ActiveState Perl

I'm trying to write a very simple script that will generate a URL with form information and open up Internet Explorer with that URL. (the script is below)

Everything works, except that the "&skip=5" does not show up in internet explorer no matter what I try. Putting it in quotes, single quotes, preceding with a backslash, etc. There is some kind of problem with windows/perl/& that I don't get.

here is the script (or one version of it) - if you want to test it, you should go to the website first and get the appropriate cookies setup for your location. 

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$date = sprintf("%04d%02d%0d",
                   (localtime)[5]+1900,
                   (localtime)[4]+1,
                   (localtime)[3] );

$url = "www.moviefone.com/showtimes/closesttheaters.adp?date=$date\&sk
+ip=5";

$command = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" $ur
+l";
print $command;

exec ($command);
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In reply to windows command line problem? by xafwodahs

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