>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> writes: Eric> open FH, "git log -r --name-only --no-color --pretty=raw -z @ARGV |" or die $!; This breaks needlessly on @ARGV names that contain spaces. You want: open FH, "-|", qw(git log -r --name-only --no-color --pretty=raw -z), @ARGV or die $!; But that sounds familiar.... I think there's a function somewhere included in the git distro that does this. I'm old and senile though. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html