H:\perllib\Tk800.024>perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Binary build 631 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com
Built 17:16:22 Jan  2 2002


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H:\perllib\Tk800.024>perl -e "@dir=`dir`;print \"hello, $dir[0]\""
hello,  Volume in drive H is Disk#1

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