perlbackticks

perl backticks: use bash instead of sh

I noticed that when I use backticks in perl the commands are executed using sh, not bash, giving me some problems.

How can I change that behavior so perl will use bash?

PS. The command that I'm trying to run is:

paste filename <(cut -d \" \" -f 2 filename2 | grep -v mean) >> filename3
Solution

  • Try

    `bash -c \"your command with args\"`

    I am fairly sure the argument of -c is interpreted the way bash interprets its command line. The trick is to protect it from sh - that's what quotes are for.