perl -MO=Deparse -e '$_="abcdef"; s/@{[s".."."gr]}\K$"//; print' $_ = 'abcdef'; s[@{[s/.././rg];}\K][$"]; print $_; -e syntax OK #### perl -MO=Deparse -e '$_="abcdef"; s/@{[s".."."gr]}\K //; print' $_ = 'abcdef'; s[@{[s/.././rg];}][\\K ]; print $_; -e syntax OK