C:\Users\alex>perl -MData::Dumper -E "@a=stat(chr(34).'Desktop'.chr(34)); say Dumper(\@a)"
$VAR1 = [];


C:\Users\alex>perl -MData::Dumper -E "@a=stat(''); say Dumper(\@a)"
$VAR1 = [];


C:\Users\alex>perl -MData::Dumper -E "@a=stat(chr(34).'..'.chr(34)); say Dumper(\@a)"
$VAR1 = [];


C:\Users\alex>perl -MData::Dumper -E "@a=stat(chr(34).'.'.chr(34)); say Dumper(\@a)"
$VAR1 = [];


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