[root@devel3 root]# TAINTED=crlf;export TAINTED [root@devel3 root]# perl5.8.3 -e 'print $ENV{TAINTED},$/;' crlf [root@devel3 root]# perl5.8.3 -e 'use PerlIO $ENV{TAINTED};' Can't locate PerlIO/crlf.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.3 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 1) line 3. [root@devel3 root]#