> I need to be able to use
>the variable $searchstring at the command line. Is this even possible? 

Surely you can.
Don't forget to put a \Q before the $searchstring.
(from perldoc perlre:
           \E          end case modification (think vi)
           \Q          quote (disable) pattern metacharacters till \E
)

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