my $var = "\\what will I get?.";
    print $var;

    \what will I get?.

##</code><code>##

    my $var = '\\\\what will I get?.';
    print $var;

    \\what will I get?.

##</code><code>##

    my $var = quotemeta("\\what will I get?.");
    print $var;

    \\what\ will\ I\ get\?\.