You're using string eval, its a problem right now, just because I didn't provide working exploit on purpose

Please enlighten me then on how eval works. I just don't see any reason why it would execute anything other than what I give it, ie, s///.

You do absolutely nothing to ensure that can't happen. The cheapest option is to use taint (-T)

I agree, there would be no harm in using that.

If this is just a program for personal use, why wouldn't you simply use perl -E ... ?

It is a program that iterates through several files and processes them. I wouldn't want to type all of that on the command line every time.

I'm not resisting your help, I just am not understanding why eval would do what you say it would.

I am also wondering why two other monks suggested it.

In reply to Re^8: hex code passed from command line is interpreted literally in substitution by Allasso
in thread hex code passed from command line is interpreted literally in substitution by Allasso

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