Stephen Mayer am Montag, 13. Februar 2006 17.25:
> Bruce,
>
>   What you want to use is `perl -d file.pl <arguments>`

...and especially the manuals provided with every perl installation, which is 
a very valuable source for information.

Some tips:

$ perldoc perl # lists manuals.

# search if a manual exists for debugging:
$ perldoc perl | grep deb
           [ -cw ] [ -d[:debugger] ] [ -D[number/list] ]
           perldebtut          Perl debugging tutorial
           perldebug           Perl debugging
           perldebguts         Perl debugging guts and tips
       o   enhanced debugger and interactive Perl environment, with integrated
           Described in perldebtut, perldebug and perldebguts.

# help to builtin functions:
perldoc -f FUNCTION

# extracting the POD of a file:
perldoc /path/to/module.pm

# lookup the FAQ
perldoc -q SEARCHTERM


hth
joe

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