Re^3: execute a file, then send terminate command?

You'll need to ensure that the output buffer gets flushed. Try:

use IO::Handle;

open SYS,"| windows_exe_file.exe" or die ...;

SYS->autoflush(1);

print SYS "EXPORT this and that to thisFile.dat";
print SYS "\e";
close SYS;

my @data = do{ open IN, 'thisFile,dat'; local $/; <IN> };
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