:~$ perl $\="\n"; print __LINE__; # line 120 print __LINE__; __END__ 2 120 #### seek DATA,0,0; my @lines = ; say Dumper \@lines; #### use v5.12; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; say __LINE__; say __LINE__; say __LINE__; seek DATA,0,0; my @lines = ; say Dumper \@lines; __DATA__ #### 4 5 6 $VAR1 = [ 'use v5.12; ', 'use warnings; ', 'use Data::Dumper; ', 'say __LINE__; ', 'say __LINE__; ', 'say __LINE__; ', ' ', ' ', 'seek DATA,0,0; ', 'my @lines = ; ', 'say Dumper \\@lines; ', ' ', '__DATA__ ' ];