it process >> like the shell without invoking the shell

No.

$ dir foo ls: foo: No such file or directory $ perl -MIPC::System::Simple=systemx -e'systemx "ls", ">>", "foo"' ls: >>: No such file or directory ls: foo: No such file or directory "ls" unexpectedly returned exit value 2 at -e line 1 $ perl -MIPC::System::Simple=systemx -e'systemx "ls >> foo"' "ls >> foo" failed to start: "No such file or directory" at -e line 1 $ dir foo ls: foo: No such file or directory

Same goes for 2>&1

$ perl -MIPC::System::Simple=systemx -e'systemx "ls 2>&1"' "ls 2>&1" failed to start: "No such file or directory" at -e line 1 $ perl -MIPC::System::Simple=systemx -e'systemx "ls", "2>&1"' ls: 2>&1: No such file or directory "ls" unexpectedly returned exit value 2 at -e line 1

It would defy the entire point of systemx if any argument was treated specially.


In reply to Re^4: system command has problem with '>>' by ikegami
in thread system command has problem with '>>' by Anonymous Monk

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