$ perl -Twle 'eval {open my $fh, "+>$0"}; print $@ =~ /Insecure/ ? "Taint mode on" : "Taint mode off"' Taint mode on $ perl -wle 'eval {open my $fh, "+>$0"}; print $@ =~ /Insecure/ ? "Taint mode on" : "Taint mode off"' Taint mode off $