Thanks, everyone. perl -de 1 is just what I'm looking for. I've been
trying to remember it off and on for months, have done searches on deja
news, perldoc, etc...
It's incredibly useful for teaching yourself the nuances of perl.
Jon
>From: John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jon Gunnip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Interactive perl command-line
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:05:25 -0500
>
> > How do you get an interactive perl command-line for testing perl
>commands?
> > I've seen it used at one of the meetings for testing how new regular
> > expression features.
> >
> > Isn't is something like perl -M1 -e?
>
> perl -d -e1
>
>-d says to go into the debugger; but perl needs something to debug
>first, so you give it some trivial code via -e.
>
>--
>John Porter
>
>Useless use of time in void context.
>
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