2014-03-20 15:53:01 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl $ cat mock-system.pl #! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; $| = 1; package Foo; sub foo { system @_ } package main; print Foo::foo("echo", "-n", __LINE__ . "\n"), "\n"; { package Foo; use subs "system"; package main; *Foo::system = sub { print "mock system() called: @_"; 1 }; print Foo::foo("echo", "-n", __LINE__ . "\n"), "\n"; } { package Foo; use subs "foo"; package main; *Foo::foo = sub { print "mock foo() called: @_"; 2 }; print Foo::foo("echo", "-n", __LINE__ . "\n"), "\n"; } 2014-03-20 15:53:06 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl $ perl mock-system.pl 12 0 19 0 Subroutine Foo::foo redefined at mock-system.pl line 26. mock foo() called: echo -n 27 2