$ perl -e' use v5.40; use Symbol qw( gensym ); use Tie::Simple qw( ); my $fh = gensym; tie *$fh, Tie::Simple::, undef, PRINT => sub { shift; my $msg = join( defined( $, ) ? $, : "", @_ ); $msg .= $\ if defined( $\ ); say STDOUT "[$msg]"; }; say $fh "Hello!"; ' [Hello! ]