what's meaning and grammatical use of "would I have liked to have seen that.”
Way to go, Jeff!” said one of the boys he didn’t know.
“All right, Jeff!” said another.
“Oh, man, would I have liked to have seen that.”
“Man, when I saw Chalkers’ eye today,” said Robbie, “I just smiled. And then when I found out you got called to the principal’s office, I thought, ‘Way to go, Jeff.’

Question

what's meaning and grammatical use of "would I have liked to have seen that.”
Way to go, Jeff!” said one of the boys he didn’t know. 
“All right, Jeff!” said another. 
“Oh, man, would I have liked to have seen that.” 
“Man, when I saw Chalkers’ eye today,” said Robbie, “I just smiled. And then when I found out you got called to the principal’s office, I thought, ‘Way to go, Jeff.’

Answer

The meaning of “Oh, man, would I have liked to have seen that." is: “Oh, man, I would have liked to have seen that."

The boy is saying that he wanted to see Jeff punch Chalkers in the eye. ( I am just guessing this is what the story is about )

Sometimes in English we will change the sentence into a question when we want to add emphasis. It works best when the subject is "I".

For example, if someone is describing a really good meal they ate, you could say, "Wow! Would I have liked to have eaten that!"

If you get your friend a really great gift that you know they will love, you could say, "Have I got a gift for you!" as you give them the present.

I think that we don't use it very often in English, though.

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