>perl -wMstrict -le "my $def = 'hi there'; my @jkl = qw(foo bar); ;; my $str1 = qq{abc$def}; my $str2 = qq{ghi@jkl}; ;; print qq{str1: :$str1:}; print qq{str2: :$str2:}; ;; my $str3 = 'pqr$def'; my $str4 = 'xyz@jkl'; ;; print qq{str3: :$str3:}; print qq{str4: :$str4:}; ;; ;; print 'enter password: '; my $pw = ; chomp $pw; ;; print qq{pw: :$pw:} " str1: :abchi there: str2: :ghifoo bar: str3: :pqr$def: str4: :xyz@jkl: enter password: open@sez$me pw: :open@sez$me: