For the baffled, let me explain. The -p switch physically adds code around your code.

# perl -pe CODE

while (<>) {
  CODE;
} continue {
  print or die qq(-p destination: $!\n);
}

with the exception that there's minimal whitespace. So if CODE is print q, you end up printing print or die qq(-p destination: $!\n), the length of which is 47 characters.

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