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Using */ with backticks in perl
Assuming UNIX or Linux, the shell is interpreting * as a glob construct (wildcard) and expanding it to all the file names in the current directory. Either enclose it in quotes or place a \ in front.
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Re^2: Using */ with backticks in perl
by
JavaFan
(Canon)
on Feb 10, 2010 at 14:23 UTC
If you want the
shell
to see a backslash there, better put
two
of them before the star. One for Perl, one for the shell.
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