On Jun 19, Jeff Westman said:
> 1 #!/bin/perl -w
> 2
> 3 @a = qx{set};
>Can't exec "set": No such file or directory at ./x line 3.
>
>Yet, using qx{env} works fine. Why?
Because 'set' is a shell built-in, and 'env' is a program. Whatever shell
Perl is using to run your command, it DOESN'T have a built-in called 'set'
in it.
Why not just use the %ENV hash?
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