shmem [qwurx] ~ > perl -wle 'my $f = "X"; open my $fh, $f' shmem [qwurx] ~ > #### shmem [qwurx] ~ > perl -wle 'my $f = "X"; open my $fh, $f;' Parentheses missing around "my" list at -e line 1. shmem [qwurx] ~ >