C:\temp>perl -e "for (2,2) {print;warn}" Warning: something's wrong at -e line 1. Warning: something's wrong at -e line 1. 21 #### C:\temp>perl -e "print,warn for 2,2" Warning: something's wrong at -e line 1. Warning: something's wrong at -e line 1. 22 #### C:\temp>perl -e "$@='all your base are belong to us';for (2,2) {print;warn}" all your base are belong to us ...caught at -e line 1. all your base are belong to us ...caught ...caught at -e line 1. 21