Is there an operator that can force interpolation on single quoted strings?
Just use simple double quoting, or a plain old assignment will do in your case (although I can't see why you'd need it).

Also you don't need to escape the forward slash or the astericks[1], as it they will be literally quoted within single quotes. The only thing that can needs to be escaped within a single quotes string is the string delimiter and a backslash (authoritatively covered here by Abigail-II). Check out the perlop manpage for more details about the quoting mechanisms available in perl.
HTH

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broquaint

[1] while this is technically correct it doesn't seem to be so in your case (see. Abigail-II's node regarding how to correctly escape these meta-characters)

In reply to Re: Force interpolation on singel quoted strings by broquaint
in thread Force interpolation on singel quoted strings by Anonymous Monk

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