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