perl backticks: use bash instead of sh

Question

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 ba

Answer 1

To deal with running bash and nested quotes, this article provides the best solution: How can I use bash syntax in Perl's system()?

my @args = ( "bash", "-c", "diff <(ls -l) <(ls -al)" );
system(@args);