Re^2: Backtick execution with spaces in filename (was: "Backtick execution with spaces in filename")

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Sorry, but that won't work on Windows because the quoting on cmd.exe is picky compared to a UNIX shell. The following works:
perl -le "$f = qx/type \"this is a name.pl\"/;print $f"

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Re^3: Backtick execution with spaces in filename (was: "Backtick execution with spaces in filename") by cdarke (Prior) on Oct 09, 2006 at 08:25 UTC
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