Re: [PLUG] Perl backticks/system question

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

At 2007-11-19 11:08 -0500, lists@linuxnotes.net <lists@linuxnotes.net> wrote:
> I have a bash script that I need to run from within a Perl script and
> capture the output.  My script works fine until it hits a parentheses in
> an argument and then I get:
> 
>     sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

It'd help to see the code, but I think that you need to escape the
parens.

(Remember characters that are special for Perl will be processed and
eaten within double-quotes and backticks when not escaped, but never
touched within single-quotes.)

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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