Roboticus@Roboticus-PC ~ $ cat interp.pl #!/usr/bin/perl print '\\10.64.30.27\C$\Users\hari9', "\n"; print '\\\\10.64.30.27\\C$\\Users\\hari9', "\n"; Roboticus@Roboticus-PC ~ $ perl interp.pl \10.64.30.27\C$\Users\hari9 \\10.64.30.27\C$\Users\hari9