Hi, I am trying to use my PERL script to write a DOS batch file, which can later be run from the command line. The problem is that the batch file output, which is essentially a text file, does not recognize the newline characters, and so is not formatted correctly.

Can anyone offer advice on how to write the output so that the results look like a properly formatted batch file?

my $outfile = "mybatchfile.bat";
open( OUTPUT, ">", $outfile) or die "Can't open file " . $outfile. " :
+ $!";
{
print OUTPUT 
'@echo off\n setlocal\n set PATHNAME=C:\TEMP\%1_REGRESSION\n',
'set WAIT_TIME=240000\n set URL=\"http://myurl.biz\"\n',
'set PWD="megapassword"\n 
set EMAIL_TO_STRING="bob@test.com";
}

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Output looks like:

@echo off\n setlocal\n set PATHNAME=C:\TEMP\%1_REGRESSION\n set WAIT_TIME=240000\n set URL=\"http://myurl.biz\"\n set PWD="megapassword"\n set EMAIL_TO_STRING="bob@test.com

instead of:
@echo off
setlocal
set PATHNAME=C:\TEMP\%1_REGRESSION
set WAIT_TIME=240000
set URL="http://myurl.biz"
set PWD="megapassword"
set EMAIL_TO_STRING="bob@test.com

In reply to Using perl to output a DOS batch file by skynelson

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