$ perl -le 'use warnings qw(FATAL); my $a = "2:" + 3; print $a' 5 #### $ perl -le 'use warnings; my $a = "2:" + 3; print $a' Argument "2:" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1. 5 #### $ perl -le 'use warnings qw(FATAL all); my $a = "2:" + 3; print $a' Argument "2:" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1.