[keszler@tek src]# perl -le ' $x = "asdfXXsadf"; print "match" if $x =~ /\QXX\E/; ' match [keszler@tek src]# perl -le ' $x = "asdf@@sadf"; print "match" if $x =~ /@@/; ' [keszler@tek src]# perl -le ' $x = "asdf@@sadf"; print "match" if $x =~ /\Q@@\E/; ' [keszler@tek src]# perl -le ' $x = "asdf@@sadf"; print "match" if $x =~ /\@\@/; ' [keszler@tek src]# perl -le ' $x = "asdf@@sadf"; print "match" if $x =~ /@/; ' match [keszler@tek src]# perl -le ' $x = "asdf@@sadf"; print "match" if $x =~ /@{2}/; ' match