PS C:\Windows\system32> perl -E'say @ARGV' 'say "bla"' say bla PS C:\Windows\system32> perl -E'say @ARGV' 'say qq(bla)' say qq(bla) PS C:\Windows\system32> echo 'say "bla"' say "bla" PS C:\Windows\system32> echo 'print "bla"' |perl bla PS C:\Windows\system32> echo 'print "bla"' |perl -E'say <>' print "bla" PS C:\Windows\system32>