in reply to Assistance using the find command

Try
my $cmd = q!$sethost "find /var/log/tmp/ -iname '*.file' -type f -exec + ls -hl \{\} \;!; print "Trying to run\n$cmd\n"; print qx!$cmd!;
that should clear up the issue for you

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Re^2: Assistance using the find command
by akechnie (Initiate) on Dec 23, 2010 at 05:08 UTC
    hrm have a feeling that won't work unless I close the " somewhere. But is that all one command excluding the print statements. All I can see that's different is removing the ` and adding q!