>perl -MO=Deparse -we "$n=1231234;print $n % 2" $n = 1231234; print $n % 2; -e syntax OK >perl -MO=Deparse -we "$n=1231234;print $n & 1" $n = 1231234; print $n & 1; -e syntax OK >perl -MO=Deparse,-p -we "$n=1231234;print $n % 2" ($n = 1231234); print(($n % 2)); -e syntax OK >perl -MO=Deparse,-p -we "$n=1231234;print $n & 1" ($n = 1231234); print(($n & 1)); -e syntax OK