Re: list syntax for backquote-like functionality

2003-07-23 Thread Ramprasad
Aaron Christopher Vonderhaar wrote: Dear kind perl guru: I am aware of the differences between qx// and system(), but here is my problem... $s = "\`backquoted'string\`" print $s,"\n"; #=> `backquoted'string` system ("echo", $s); #=> `backquoted'string` system "echo $s"; #=> sh: comman

list syntax for backquote-like functionality

2003-07-23 Thread Aaron Christopher Vonderhaar
Dear kind perl guru: I am aware of the differences between qx// and system(), but here is my problem... $s = "\`backquoted'string\`" print $s,"\n"; #=> `backquoted'string` system ("echo", $s); #=> `backquoted'string` system "echo $s"; #=> sh: command substitution: line 1: unexpect