C:\_\tmp>perl -e "print qq{@ARGV\n};" arg1 arg2 arg3 arg1 arg2 arg3 C:\_\tmp>perl test_args.pl arg1 arg2 arg3 arg1 arg2 arg3 C:\_\tmp>test_args.pl arg1 arg2 arg3 arg1 arg2 arg3 C:\_\tmp>type test_args.pl print qq{@ARGV\n}; C:\_\tmp>