« $&&&!$s++ » is « $& && !($s++) ».

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!$s++ is a neat construct. It's true the first time it is evaluated, and only the first time it is evaluated.

$ perl -E'say !$s++ ? 1 : 0 for 1..5;'
1
0
0
0
0
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It's often used to remove duplicates.

$ perl -E'say grep !$seen{$_}++, split //, "abracadabra";'
abrcd
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As for $&, it is set by the match operator. The only match operator in the code is /^-+$/, so $& will be false until the first time that matches, and it will always be true afterwords.

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The code prints the following lines:

• The second line of the file, unless the first line of the file consists entirely of dashes. [ I suspect this is unintentional and never happens. ]
• The line that comes after the first line of the file consisting entirely of dashes.
• The second line following a line consisting entirely of dashes, unless it or the line before it consists entirely of dashes.

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I'm surprise the person who wrote that doesn't know about -n. He also left in unneeded spaces and parens despite his golfing attempt.

svmon -Pt15 | perl -e 'while(<>){print if($.==2||$&&&!$s++);$.=0 if(/^
+-+$/)}'

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   v

svmon -Pt15 | perl -ne'print if$.==2||$&&&!$s++;$.=0if/^-+$/'

svmon -Pt15 | perl -nlE'say if$.==2||$&&&!$s++;$.=0if/^-+$/'
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