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Re: [Omaha.pm] Net::SSH::Perl Alternative Solution

So far SSH::Expect  is working flawlessly, thanks for the attempts at
the previous.

Dan Linder wrote:
> Tony Simons wrote:
>> Unlike bash can I use variables in '$test'  "$test"...haven't had a
>> chance to try it yet.
>>
>>   
> When you use the double-quote -- " -- you can use $variables, but with
> the single-quotes -- ' -- the variables are ignored.
>
> $ cat -n d6.pl ; perl d6.pl
>     1  #!perl
>     2  $VAR="Hello";
>     3  printf "single quotes: SERIALNUMBER=\"asdf $VAR 123123123\"\n";
>     4  printf 'double quotes: SERIALNUMBER="asdf $VAR 123123123"';
>     5  printf "\n";
>     6  printf 'mixed  quotes: SERIALNUMBER="asdf '.$VAR.'
> 123123123"'."\n";
>
> single quotes: SERIALNUMBER="asdf Hello 123123123"
> double quotes: SERIALNUMBER="asdf $VAR 123123123"
> mixed  quotes: SERIALNUMBER="asdf Hello 123123123"
>
> I'm sure someone will come up with an internal perl variable to change
> the meaning of the double-quote characters, or some other Guru-level
> hint. :-)
>
> Dan
>