qwurx [shmem] ~ > perl -le 'print "foo bar ", "baz", ^@^ , " niente"' Useless use of bitwise xor (^) in void context at -e line 1. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 1. foo bar baz qwurx [shmem] ~ > perl -le 'print "foo bar ", "baz", ^@^ , undef' Useless use of bitwise xor (^) in void context at -e line 1. foo bar baz qwurx [shmem] ~ > perl -le 'print "foo bar ", "baz", ^@^ , ""' Useless use of bitwise xor (^) in void context at -e line 1. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 1. foo bar baz