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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
...
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input='a b \ c d'
myvar='ab\cd'
better='ab\cd'
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$var = "bla[abc]\\t"; # $var contains bla[abc]\t
/$var/; # is equivalent to /bla[abc]\t/
/\Q$var\E/; # is equivalent to /bla\[abc\]\\t/