$ perl -MArgv -MData::Dumper -E 'say Data::Dumper::Dumper [ Argv->new( "/usr/local/bin/ssh %s \"/opt/something/bin/somebinary || echo \"Could not execute somebinary.\"" )->argv ]' $VAR1 = [ '/usr/local/bin/ssh %s "/opt/something/bin/somebinary || echo "Could not execute somebinary."' ];