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to the C<system(@LIST)> notation.) This is safer and faster than executing
a single argument pipe-command, but does not allow special shell
constructs. (It is also not supported on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS Classic
-or RiscOS.)
+or RISC OS.)
Here's an example of C<open '-|'>, which prints a random Unix
fortune cookie as uppercase: