On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 09:31, Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> wrote: snip > This is one of the reasons why I deplore command-line Perl - because the > format > depends enormously on the command shell being used. The example was for a Unix > shell, but with Windows command prompt only double-quotes will suffice to > delimit a single parameter that contains space characters. snip
This is one of the reasons I deplore people using cmd.exe. If you use bash on Windows you have no problems. That is why installing Cygwin is second only to installing Firefox for me when setting up a new Windows box. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
