Re^3: win32 parenthesis system weirdness

If you want to rely on shell behaviour be explicit

system "cmd.exe /c $fn"

system "cmd.exe /c start $fn"

system qw' cmd.exe /c start ', $fn;
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Re^4: win32 parenthesis system weirdness by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 04, 2009 at 07:55 UTC
None of those work. See Re^3: win32 parenthesis system weirdness for why the first doesn't work. As for the last two, it's due to `start`'s very wonky parameter handling. If the first non-option arg is quoted, it's taken to be the title. `start file.jpg # Works start "file.jpg" # Doesn't work. Same as following start "file.jpg" cmd # Launches cmd in new Window titled file.jpg start "" "file" # Works` [download] So you want `my $qfn = 'C:\img\del me\three (3\00000253.jpg'; system(qq{start "" "$qfn"});` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: win32 parenthesis system weirdness
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 04, 2009 at 07:55 UTC

None of those work. See Re^3: win32 parenthesis system weirdness for why the first doesn't work.

As for the last two, it's due to start's very wonky parameter handling. If the first non-option arg is quoted, it's taken to be the title.

start file.jpg         # Works

start "file.jpg"       # Doesn't work. Same as following
start "file.jpg" cmd   # Launches cmd in new Window titled file.jpg

start "" "file"        # Works
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my $qfn = 'C:\img\del me\three (3\00000253.jpg';
system(qq{start "" "$qfn"});
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