[me@host]$ perl -le 'sub foo { $_[0]++ } @x = (0,1); foo(@x); print "@x"' 1 1 [me@host]$ perl -le 'sub foo { $_[0]++ } @x = (0,1); foo(@{ \@x }); print "@x"' 1 1 [me@host]$ perl -le 'sub foo { $_[0]++ } @x = (0,1); foo(@{[ @x ]}); print "@x"' 0 1 [me@host]$ #### ------------ :Wq Not an editor command: Wq