c:\@Work\Perl>perl -wMstrict -le "print qq{perl version $]}; ;; my $rx = qr{ ^ \< \ReportHost> }xms; print $rx; " perl version 5.010001 (?msx-i: ^ \< \ReportHost> ) c:\@Work\Perl>perl -wMstrict -le "print qq{perl version $]}; ;; my $rx = qr{ ^ \< \ReportHost> }xms; print $rx; " Unrecognized escape \R passed through at -e line 1. perl version 5.008009 (?msx-i: ^ < ReportHost> )