$ cat at_star.pl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; push @*, 'Servus beianand!'; print "Perl $]:\n"; # version of Perl print Dumper(\@*); bernhard@bernhard-Aspire-A515-57:~/devel/Perl$ perl at_star.pl Perl 5.006001: $VAR1 = [ 'Servus beianand!' ];