On Apr 14, Stephen Day said:
bash-2.05b$ perl -e 'if ($subject eq '' || !defined $subject) {print "no subject\n";}' syntax error at -e line 1, near "eq ||" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
It seems '' is not the same as "". Any idea why?
Because you used '...' to send the string to perl -e, that's why. Your internal quotes are the same as your external quotes.
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