$ strace -fqe execve perl -le "system 'echo junk*'" execve("/usr/local/bin/perl", ["perl", "-le", "system 'echo junk*'"], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0 [pid 26565] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "echo junk*"], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0 junk*