[R] system call removes special characters from text output

[stephen sefick]

Hello,

I am writing an R package, and I am using system() to call a perl script.
The output of the perl script is correct except for "[A/B]" is output as
"AB". Can someone explain this behavior. I would like to try and fix this.
many thanks,

Stephen Sefick

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