~$ perl5.20.1 -Mutf8 -wE 'say "abc" =~ s’b’x’r' axc ~$ perl5.18.1 -Mutf8 -wE 'say "abc" =~ s’b’x’r' Substitution replacement not terminated at -e line 1. [$?: 255] ~$ perl5.18.1 -Mutf8 -wE 'say "abc" =~ s’b’’x’r' axc