C:> perl -TE "say $^V; say qq/Taint mode: ${^TAINT}/; system(qq/notepad++.exe --help/)" v5.32.1 Taint mode: 1 Insecure $ENV{PATH} while running with -T switch at -e line 1. C:> perl -E "say $^V; say qq/Taint mode: ${^TAINT}/; system(qq/notepad++.exe --help/)" v5.32.1 Taint mode: 0 #### print "Real Group: $(\n"; print "Effective Group: $)\n"; print "Real User: $<\n"; print "Effective User: $>\n"; print "Taint? ${^TAINT}\n"; #### C:> perl -TE "use warnings; use strict; say $^V; say qq/Taint mode: ${^TAINT}/; qx/notepad++.exe --help/" v5.32.1 Taint mode: 1