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in thread preserve quotes after $0 + @ARGV interpolation
use String::ShellQuote qw( shell_quote );
The last two times I looked at String::ShellQuote (Re^2: Passing values from Perl script to shell script in 2009 and Re^4: quoting/escaping file names in 2014), it did not look good. The last change is from 2010. So, String::ShellQuote still has the same problems as in 2009, quoting myself:
It works just for some unnamed version of some unnamed bourne shell. The author wanted to add more shells, but he did not since 2005. The test.t look very strange, especially I don't see any reasonable test for passing arguments via a shell. So, it's old, unmaintained, not well-tested, and broken for all shells except for that unspecified bourne shell. Use the multi-argument forms of exec, system, or open instead, they do not need quoting.
See also The problem of "the" default shell.
Alexander
Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)
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