AndrewMcHorney wrote:
Hello
Hello,
I am working on a perl script and inside the script I am building a
string. However the backslash does not appear.
Here is the code:
$DirCommand = "dir".$CurrentDrive.":\ /S"; where $DirCommand = "c"
I am expecting the results to be dir c:\ /S but my results are dir c: /S
This affects the execution of the command.
What did I miss putting in?
Double quoted strings are interpolated so you need to either escape the
backslash:
$DirCommand = "dir".$CurrentDrive.":\\ /S";
Or use single quotes to avoid interpolation:
$DirCommand = "dir".$CurrentDrive.':\ /S';
John
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