Re: A strib that begins whit $ (more)

This isn't a perl issue.. it's a shell issue. You need to quote your string like so..

system("echo '$gpsdata'");
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or you could not envoke the shell and just use print. Unless you have a really good reason to invoke a system call, print is a much better option.

Rich

update: changed the var from $_ to $gpsdata

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Re: Re: A strib that begins whit $ (more) by dws (Chancellor) on Apr 25, 2001 at 03:44 UTC
Alternatively, you can prevent `system()` from expanding shell metacharacters by using the multi-argument form of `system()`. `system("echo", $_);` This oft-overlooked `system()` behavior is explained in perlfunc.	[reply] [d/l] [select]