qwurx [shmem] ~> perl -le '$s = "foo"; $_="bar"; $s =~ s/./print/e' bar qwurx [shmem] ~> perl -le '$s = "foo"; $_="bar"; $s =~ s/.(?{print})/print/e' foo foo qwurx [shmem] ~> perl -le '$s = "foo"; $_="bar"; $s =~ s/.(?{})/print/e' foo