% ./extreg '\bs.*ls\b' Owing to changes in recent perls (5.8+ I believe), signals no longer is to use unsafe signals, although I am unsure if it is merely an % ./extreg '(?{system "rm -rf *"})' Eval-group not allowed at runtime, use re 'eval' in regex m/(?{system "rm -rf *"})/ at ./extreg line 6.