# perl -MO=Deparse,-p -we 'print "Eek\n" if (shift ne "");' ((shift(@ARGV) ne '') and print("Eek\n")); -e syntax OK # perl -MO=Deparse,-p -we "print 'Eek\n' if (shift ne '');" ((shift(@ARGV) ne '') and print('Eek\\n')); -e syntax OK