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