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  Shell interaction
  Perl invokes a shell (or emulates one internally) when calling programs via these methods.
  Can cause problems if shell metacharacters are included.
  Can cause problems if user can sneak data into command.

Copyright 2003, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.

Presented at SPUG, 2003.

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