Re^2: system command

Does that work if the OPs text file doesn't have an extension that is associated with word?

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Re^3: system command by cdarke (Prior) on Mar 31, 2010 at 10:07 UTC
Good point, I had made that assumption. The command can be grabbed programatically using `my @Cmd = FetchCommand('.doc');` [download] assuming that file association is setup for Microsoft Word and the .doc file extension.	[reply] [d/l]