Re: Unix size again

my ($location) = @_;
$location =~ s{ ([\\\']) }{ '\\' . $1 }gex; # crude escape
print "\n".'Calculating Scan Statistics...'."\n";
my $cmd  = "du -sk '$location'";
warn $cmd;  # let's see what's actually getting executed!
my $size = `cmd`;
print "$size";
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Re^2: Unix size again by Anonymous Monk on Feb 08, 2012 at 09:10 UTC
Its not working gives this when run: du -sk '' at test_2.pl line 5	[reply]
Re^3: Unix size again by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 08, 2012 at 09:26 UTC
Then `$location` is not what you think it is. Debug your script.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Unix size again by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 08, 2012 at 09:27 UTC
Well, then that means that `$location` is an empty string, or perhaps undefined. So the problem lies elsewhere in your code. Post more of the script.	[reply] [d/l]