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> Is qw for holding list of data and qx is for running
> commands? Do they both indicate a list context? Thanks, John
perldoc -f qq
perlop "Regexp Quote-Like Operators"
my @stuff = qw(hi bye joe mama);
my @cmdln = qx(cat monkey.txt| grep fred);
my $cmdln = qx(cat monkey.txt| grep fred);
> Is qw for holding list of data and qx is for running commands?
yes.
> Do they both indicate a list context?
no.
qw{word word} is the same as ('word', 'word')... and qx{foo bar} is the same
as `foo bar`. qx{} is just there if you need an alternate syntax to ``,
like if you needed to use a bac
