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in thread unpacking wmic command's unicode output

What about the print $#ARGV; statement that printed 0 where you seem to have predicted it should print -1?

I take your point about the difference between $#ARGV (highest index) and @ARGV in scalar context (number of elements) and agree I should have used the number of elements. That's a mental block for me and has caused me problems in the past.

I also take your point about complexity. I think I was looking for something parallel in style to open() || die(); for consistency.

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use warnings;
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Re^6: unpacking wmic command's unicode output
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 12, 2008 at 19:48 UTC

    I ran your exact script and got the right result. 

    >ARGVtest.pl
$VAR1 = [];

-1

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    I think your system's handling of .pl files is broken.

    1. First, get the file type from the default key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pl. For me, it's "Perl".
    2. Then, set the default key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\Open\command to "c:\perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* (where "Perl" is the file type from the first step).

    As a .reg: 

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pl]
@="Perl"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl]
@="Perl File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\Open\command]
@="\"c:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe\" \"%1\" %*"

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      Curiouser and curiouser . . .

      My HKCR\PerlScript\Shell\Open\Command is:
      C:\strawberry-perl\perl\bin\perl.exe "%1" "%*"

      I don't have HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl

      update: I took off the quotes around the %* and got your predicted results leaving me only with the $#ARGV vs. scalar(@ARGV) bug. THANKS and ++!

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      use strict;
      use warnings;
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