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$ perl -e " $x = shift; /$x/" "(?{ die 666 })"
Eval-group not allowed at runtime, use re 'eval' in regex m/(?{ die 66
+6 })/ at -e line 1.

$ perl -Mre=eval -e " $x = shift; /$x/" "(?{ die 666 })"
666 at (re_eval 1) line 1.

$ perl -Mre=eval -Te " $x = shift; /$x/" "(?{ die 666 })"
Eval-group in insecure regular expression in regex m/(?{ die 666 })/ a
+t -e line 1.

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Re^4: eval() and security
by halfcountplus (Hermit) on Nov 24, 2009 at 18:00 UTC 
    syntax error at -e line 1, near "="
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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    For all of those dude.
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      On Unix, you need to use single quotes, or else the shell will interpolate $x etc.

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