Can't find string teminator

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Re: Can't find string teminator by kennethk (Abbot) on Apr 06, 2010 at 16:03 UTC
This is a shell problem, not a Perl issue. `cmd.exe` uses double quotes as string delimiters. You can avoid this with Perl by using other Quote and Quote like Operators. For example, this will likely work (assuming there are no other issues with your command): `perl -ne "chomp; print qq{$_\tO\n}" jane-austen-emma-ch1.tok > jane-austen-emma-ch1.tsv`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Can't find string teminator by deep.ocean (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2010 at 17:04 UTC
Thank a lot	[reply]
Re: Can't find string teminator by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 06, 2010 at 16:03 UTC
`cmd.exe` uses double quotes for parameter quoting, not single quotes. So you will have to remove all usage of double quotes from within your snippet (hint: replace `"..."` by `qq(...)`) and put them in place of the single quotes surrounding your snippet.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Can't find string teminator by deep.ocean (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2010 at 17:10 UTC
Thank you	[reply]
Re: Can't find string teminator by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 06, 2010 at 16:28 UTC
Your system uses double quotes for arguments, not single quotes. The arguments you are passing to `perl`: `1: -ne 2: 'chomp; <-- argument to (-e)xecute 3: print <-- $ARGV[0] 4: "$_\tO\n"' <-- $ARGV[1] 5: jane-austen-emma-ch1.tok <-- $ARGV[2]` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Can't find string teminator by deep.ocean (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2010 at 17:32 UTC
Thank u	[reply]
Re: Can't find string teminator by cdarke (Prior) on Apr 06, 2010 at 16:33 UTC
You have to escape the embedded double quotes on cmd.exe: `perl -ne "chomp; print \"$_\tO\n\""` [download] and on PowerShell use single outer quotes: `perl -ne 'chomp; print \"$_\tO\n\"'` [download] Yet in both cases the embedded quotes still need to be escaped (you would have thought it was not needed on PowerShell, wouldn't you?)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Can't find string teminator by deep.ocean (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2010 at 17:33 UTC
Thank U	[reply]
Re: Can't find string teminator by jethro (Monsignor) on Apr 06, 2010 at 16:09 UTC
`perl -ne 'chomp; print "$_\tO\n"' test.txt > bla.txt` works very well here on a linux command line. Maybe it is windows or you had a typo. PS: Please use code tags for your code	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Can't find string teminator by deep.ocean (Initiate) on Apr 06, 2010 at 17:28 UTC
Thank You	[reply]