#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @args = ('Runbatch.exe -j dpsgl -r dpstst'); my @argsUpdated = qw(Runbatch.exe -j dpsgl -r dpstst); print Dumper \@args, \@argsUpdated; __END__ $ perl test.pl $VAR1 = [ 'Runbatch.exe -j dpsgl -r dpstst' ]; $VAR2 = [ 'Runbatch.exe', '-j', 'dpsgl', '-r', 'dpstst' ];