$ perl -MO=Deparse -e '$dbh->do("alter session set current_schema = the current schema”);' Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at -e line 1. $ perl -MO=Deparse -e 'print “third script executed”;' Unrecognized character \xE2; marked by <-- HERE after print <-- HERE near column 7 at -e line 1.