Does it work if you specify the absolute path to the shell (e.g. via COMSPEC)?  I.e. 

system "$ENV{COMSPEC} /C $command $arg1 $arg2 $arg3 > $outfile";

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Update: Presumably, the directory in which cmd.exe resides (typically C:\WINDOWS\system32) isn't on your PATH.

In case of doubt, you might want to print out those variables' content: 

set path
set comspec

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(COMSPEC is not guaranteed to hold the correct path to your command shell — after all, it's just an environment variable. By default, it should, however. At least, it's worth a try. (Perl doesn't use COMSPEC for this very reason of being unreliable.)   In case it doesn't hold the correct path, you could also try directly specifying system = "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe /c ...", after having verified that it in fact exists...)

Update2: Then again, it might also be some variation of this weird issue... (not sure though).

In reply to Re: System call doesn't recognise '>' by almut
in thread System call doesn't recognise '>' by Lauras

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