$ perl -MO=Deparse,-p <<'EOT' if ($answer eq "add" || "a") { &addlinks; } elsif ($answer eq "remove" || "r") { &rmlinks; } else {exit 0; } EOT if ((($answer eq 'add') or 'a')) { &addlinks; } elsif ((($answer eq 'remove') or 'r')) { &rmlinks; } else { exit(0); } - syntax OK