$ perl -e 'say 1' Number found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "say 1" (Do you need to predeclare say?) syntax error at -e line 1, near "say 1" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. #### $ perl -E 'say 1' 1 #### $ perl -v This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 0 (v5.22.0) built for darwin-thread-multi-2level (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) ...