#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More; my ($text, $search); $text = "\\x1\\x2\\x3\\x4"; $text =~ s/x2\\.+\\x4/new/; my $exp = $text; $text = "\\x1\\x2\\x3\\x4"; $search = "x2\\\\.+\\\\x4"; $text =~ s/$search/new/; my $got = $text; is( $got, $exp, "slasheritis"); done_testing; #### ok 1 - slasheritis 1..1