problems with system()

[Vagabundo]

HI,
I am not so good in perl, but I need to use system() to initiate another program from my script with a lot of parameters. All this works fine, but there is one line that is not working again the special characters.
How can I get this line in a variable which is working with system():
$zwxt = "-F From: TestServer|%%c|Page: %%P of %%T";

Who can help?
regards
Christian

 

[PaulTEG]

You need to escape special characters, you can do this by prefixing \ before the characters, or you can use the quote operator
Try ...
$zwxt = "-F From: TestServer\|\%\%c\|Page: \%\%P of \%\%T";

HTH
--Paul


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[Vagabundo]

Thanks Paul,
but it does not work. But I use the original string from sendfax

sh: line 1: %%c: command not found
sh: line 1: Page:: command not found
sendfax: No destination specified.
usage: sendfax [options] [files]
(Read the manual page; it's too complicated).

I don't know what happens.
Christian