`some_command a=\{1,2\},\{3,4\}`; #### $ cat foo.pl #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; system './some_command a=\{1,2\},\{3,4\}'; $ $ cat some_command #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\@ARGV); $ $ ./foo.pl $VAR1 = [ 'a={1,2},{3,4}' ]; $