me@mybox:/tmp/me $ perl6 -E 'say "bob"' ===SORRY!=== Unable to open filehandle from path '-E' me@mybox:/tmp/me $ perl6 -e 'say "bob"' bob me@mybox:/tmp/me $ perl6 -v This is Rakudo Perl 6, version 2011.07 built on parrot 3.6.0 0 Copyright 2008-2011, The Perl Foundation