255[am]king ~/a$ cat a print "Hello\n"; a(0); print "Middle\n"; a(1); print "Goodbye\n"; sub a { $parameter = shift; if( $parameter ) { die # <--- line 10 }; } #### [am]king ~/a$ perl a Hello Middle Died at a line 10. #### 255[am]king ~/a$ perl -wd a Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.27 Editor support available. Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help. main::(a:1): print "Hello\n"; DB<1> b 10 DB<2> c Hello Middle main::a(a:10): die # <--- line 10 DB<2> T . = main::a(1) called from file `a' line 4 DB<2> Died at a line 10. at a line 10 main::a(1) called at a line 4 255[am]king ~/a$