>perl -wMstrict -MO=Deparse,-p -le "my ($node, $disk, %vxdgs) = (0, 0); my $vxdg; (exists $vxdgs{$node}{$disk}) ? $vxdg = $vxdgs{$node}{$disk} : $vxdg = ''; " BEGIN { $^W = 1; } BEGIN { $/ = "\n"; $\ = "\n"; } use strict 'refs'; (my($node, $disk, %vxdgs) = (0, 0)); my($vxdg); ((exists($vxdgs{$node}{$disk}) ? ($vxdg = $vxdgs{$node}{$disk}) : $vxdg) = ''); -e syntax OK