$ perl -MO=Deparse -wl -MFatal=open -e 'open A, "date|"; print scalar ' Name "main::A" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. # .. # lots of imported stuff from Fatal # .. &open('A', 'date|'); print scalar ; -e syntax OK #### $ perl -wl -MFatal=open -e 'open my $pipe, "date|"; print scalar <$pipe>' Tue Mar 25 02:37:32 CET 2003