$ cat ~/.bash_functions
...
perlmodver () {
    for i in "$@"; do
        eval "echo \`perl -E 'no warnings q{deprecated}; require $i; say qq{$i }, \$$i::VERSION'\`"
    done
}
...

##</code><code>##

$ perlmodver strict DBI Bogus
strict 1.11
DBI 1.636
Can't locate Bogus.pm in @INC ...