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How do I debug my Perl programs?

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Have you used -w?

Have you tried use strict?

Did you check the returns of each and every system call?

Have you tried the Perl debugger, described in the perldebug manpage?

Source: Perl FAQ: Programming Tools
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.

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