---
name: "Net::OpenSSH::ShellQuoter::MSCmd"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-net-openssh"
version: "0.84-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Net::OpenSSH::ShellQuoter::MSCmd"
---

# Net::OpenSSH::ShellQuoter::MSCmd(3pm)

Quoter for Windows cmd.exe

## NAME

Net::OpenSSH::ShellQuoter::MSCmd - Quoter for Windows cmd.exe

## DESCRIPTION

This quoter is intended for interaction with SSH servers running on Windows which invoke the requested commands through the `"cmd.exe"` shell.

Because of `"cmd.exe"` not doing wildcard expansion (on Windows this task is left to the final command), glob quoting just quotes everything.

Some Windows servers use `"Win32::CreateProcess"` to run the `"cmd.exe"` shell which runs the requested command. In that case, both the `"MSCmd"` and `"MSWin"` quoters have to be chained (and BTW, order matters):

```
   $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new(...,
                            remote_shell => 'MSCmd,MSWin');
```

Actually, `"cmd.exe"` may require not quoting at all when the requested command is a builtin (for instance, `"echo"`).

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008-2014 by Salvador Fandiño (sfandino@yahoo.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.