c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $file = '/Devel';
 print 'hi' if 'xhix' =~ /hi;
 print 'ho';
 print 'he' if $file =~ q|/Devel|;
"
Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "Devel"
        (Missing operator before Devel?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near "Devel"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $file = 'foo/Devel/bar';
 print 'match' if $file =~ q|/Devel/|;
"
match