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Asked: 2026-05-31T13:01:10+00:00

I want to use some perl line, like this: perl -pe $_=~s///e The problem

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I want to use some perl line, like this:

perl -pe "$_=~s///e"

The problem is, bash keeps expanding the “$_” variable. I could put the perl expression into single quotes, but that would prevent me from adding some variables into a script.

Is there a way stop bash from expanding “$_” variable?

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  1. Editorial Team
    perl -pe '$_=~s///e'

    or

    perl -pe "\$_=~s///e"
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