Well, it didn't like the -e' or the -r, but

perl -e print "/usr/home/account/files/test.gif"
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returned nothing.

Update: Per shmem's fine correction, a "1" is returned. I assume that is "true" and that my path is fine.

That returns nothing because you're not quoting your -e script... so your -e script consists of an empty print statement, and the filename is an argument to that script. Try

perl -e 'print -r "/usr/home/account/files/test.gif"'
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That should print a '1' just before the next shell prompt.

--shmem

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