>perl -wMstrict -le "my $ubar = 60_0; my $q_ubar = '60_0'; print $ubar; print $q_ubar; print 'unequal' if $ubar != $q_ubar; print 'equal' if 60 == $q_ubar; " 600 60_0 Argument "60_0" isn't numeric in numeric ne (!=) at -e line 1. unequal equal