mysql -h localhost -u myname -ppassword mydb

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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use feature 'say';

my $mySpecialChar = q(@|);
say $mySpecialChar;

my $quotedSpecialChar = quotemeta $mySpecialChar;
say $quotedSpecialChar;

__END__

 perl test.pl
@|
\@\|