# perl > The Perl 5 language interpreter. - Parse and execute a Perl script: `perl {{script.pl}}` - Check syntax errors on a Perl script: `perl -c {{script.pl}}` - Parse and execute a perl statement: `perl -e {{perl_statement}}` - Import module before execution of a perl statement: `perl -M{{module}} -e {{perl_statement}}` - Run a Perl script in debug mode, using `perldebug`: `perl -d {{script.pl}}`