How do I use " and \n in @ARGV[1]?

[nntp]

My program needs @ARGV[1] as an input string. In this input string,
sometimes I need " and new line \n. How do I do this?
Currently I am doing this:

perl perlfile.pl "somestring"


Can I do
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\"afterquote"
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\nanotherline"

 

[Robert Sedlacek]

How about Windows and Linux.

I see two ways:

1. Try it.
2. Find out, what Anno meaned with »shell«.

g,
Robert

 

[Anno Siegel]

My program needs @ARGV[1] as an input string. In this input string,
sometimes I need " and new line \n. How do I do this?
Currently I am doing this:

perl perlfile.pl "somestring"


Can I do
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\"afterquote"
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\nanotherline"

That depends on your shell, not Perl.

Anno

 

[nntp]

My program needs @ARGV[1] as an input string. In this input string,

That depends on your shell, not Perl.

Anno

How about Windows and Linux.

 

[Tad McClellan]

My program needs @ARGV[1] as an input string.

^ ^
^ ^
No it doesn't.

It may need $ARGV[0] as an input string though.

In this input string,
sometimes I need " and new line \n. How do I do this?

It depends on your shell, not on your choice of programming language.

You do not have a Perl question.

Can I do
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\"afterquote"
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\nanotherline"

What happened when you tried it?

 

[Sherm Pendley]

Can I do
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\"afterquote"
perl perlfile.pl "somestring\nanotherline"

Your question is about shells, not Perl. The answer would be exactly the
same, for example, if you were doing this:

python pyfile.py "somestring\nanotherline"

Having said that - your second should probably work in most popular UNIX
shells.

Also, Perl inherited its "here-doc" syntax from shells - Bash, for
example, can use the same <<"FOO" syntax to define multiline strings
that Perl uses. Again though, it's a question about the shell you're
using, not Perl.

sherm--

 

[Michele Dondi]

That depends on your shell, not Perl.

Also, have you (nntp, not Anno!) tried?!?


Michele

 

[Michele Dondi]

How about Windows and Linux.

Is this supposed to be a question? If so, then how about asking one
that does make sense?!?


Michele

 

[Tad McClellan]

How about Windows and Linux.

This is a Perl newsgroup.

This is not a Windows newsgroup.

This is not a Linux newsgroup.

Ask Perl questions in a Perl newsgroup.

Ask Windows questions in a Windows newsgroup.

Ask Linux questions in a Linux newsgroup.

It is not a hard concept, please DO NOT make off-topic postings.

 

[Tad McClellan]

My program needs @ARGV[1] as an input string.

That depends on your shell, not Perl.

I asked you to provide attributions when quoting someone, yet here
are more unattributed quotes.

I give up, into the killfile you go!