Re^2: How to get system user name from windows using perl

Type SET at the command prompt to get a list of available environment variables on a Windows system.

$ENV{USERNAME} for example.

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Re^3: How to get system user name from windows using perl by Ralesk (Pilgrim) on Jan 27, 2012 at 15:52 UTC
Caveat: `%ENV` is always byte semantics, if you have an oldish Windows and a username outside of the ANSI locale, you get question marks. One should be using Win32’s `LoginName()` instead which always returns character-shaped characters.	[reply]