my $backtick = q~" print qq,$_, for @ARGV " 1 2 "3 4 5" 6 %cd% ~; print " # copy in between backticks and paste in shell `$^X -le $backtick` "; print `$^X -le $backtick `; __END__ # copy in between backticks and paste in shell `D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -le " print qq,$_, for @ARGV " 1 2 "3 4 5" 6 %cd% ` 1 2 3 4 5 6 D:\