On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Chas. Owens <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote: snip > This is shell dependent, and unfortunately the standard Windows shell > (cmd.exe) does not follow the sh syntax. Single quotes are not > allowed as quotes and double quotes do not interpolate values. Also $ > is not how variables are named. If you want to use double quotes in a > commandline program on Windows you must use the generic interpolating > quote construct: qq//. > > perl -MExtUtils::Installed -e "print join qq/\n/, > ExtUtils::Installed->new->modules" snip
Although qq/\n/ is easier to write, you may also escape the double quotes: \"\n\" works. Beau; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
