my $x = `$ENV{SPEEDY} t/scripts/thread 1 2>/dev/null`; if ($x =~ /ok/) { my $x = `$ENV{SPEEDY} t/scripts/thread`; print "1..1\n"; my $ok = ($x eq "x\nx\n"); print $ok ? "ok\n" : "not ok\n"; } else { print "1..0 # Skipped: Not running a threaded perl\n"; }