Hi, If I run the "p4 where" command on a variable like "p4 where $file",I dont see any output where as if I change the command to run on a file like "p4 where //depot/perl/files/scripts/file.c",the command works.I am not sure if its due to run3 issue or something to with qw operator?Can someone advise where am I going wrong? 

use strict; 
use warnings; 
use IPC::Run3; 
use Data::Dumper; 
my @branched_paths;
my $savefile='//depot/perl/files/scripts/file.c';
 
my $cmd = [ qw(p4 where $savefile) ]; 
#my $cmd = [ qw(p4 where //depot/perl/files/scripts/file.c) ]; #works
#print "CMD:$cmd\n";
my ($stdin, $stdout, $stderr); 
run3($cmd, \$stdin, \$stdout, \$stderr); 
print $stderr;
chomp($stderr);
    if ($stderr =~ /file\(s\) not in client view/)
        {
            #print "in";
            push @branched_paths,"$savefile";
        }

print @branched_paths;

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