$ perl -e '@_ = qw{a bcd ef}; print @_' abcdef #### $ perl -e '@_ = qw{a bcd ef}; print "@_"' a bcd ef $ perl -e '@_ = qw{a bcd ef}; print qq{@_}' a bcd ef #### $ perl -e '@_ = qw{a bcd ef}; { local $" = " "; print "@_" }' a bcd ef $ perl -e '@_ = qw{a bcd ef}; { local $" = "__"; print "@_" }' a__bcd__ef $ perl -e '@_ = qw{a bcd ef}; { local $" = "\n"; print "@_" }' a bcd ef