The diamond operator works fine without escaping your backslashes, but I
recommend putting quotes around your arguments. The following works
just fine for me:
c:\> while.pl "c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\file.txt"
If you want to use the less-than operator (or a pipe), then you have to
explicitly state that you are using perl.exe. cmd.exe can't derive
implicitly the program you are invoking via the extension.
For example:
c:\> perl.exe while.pl < "..\myfile.txt"
-----Original Message-----
From: Hardly Armchair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:41 PM
To: beginners@perl.org
Subject: [Win32] Basic I/O Question
Hello List,
I am running Perl for Win32 and have been executing my
programs through the 'cmd.exe' shell.
I am confused about how to input paths to files in a
command-line context so that perl will understand.
Using the diamond operator (<>) in my programs allows
me to type my program at the command line followed by
the filename to get the program to work on the file:
>foo.plx filename.txt #works
However, when I use standard input (<STDIN>) and use
the "less than" character to do the same thing, the
file is ignored:
>foo.plx < filename.txt #no dice
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