in reply to need help with system command and single quote

Single quotes do not interpolate variables. You need to make the second argument an argumenr with a comma, and to double-quote that string. 

system(
    'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE',
    "http://abc.com/bbs?=x&b=x&mid=$i")
    or next;

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There may still be problems with winders shell trickiness, but there shouldn't be.

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Re^2: need help with system command and single quote
by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Feb 22, 2005 at 16:55 UTC
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