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> How can I quote the exec line above so what gets passed to /bin/sh is the log
> file line
> contained in double quotes?
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Use a different quoting mechanism:
exec qq($command "$cmd_msg");
or use a the multiple argument version of exec():
exec $command, $cmd_msg;
You may also want to use system instead of exec(). exec() replaces
the current process with the one specified. system() issues a fork()
followed by an exec().
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