$ gdb --args perl -e'dump'
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(no debugging symbols found)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/opt/perl5/bin/perl -edump

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0xd379c2cc in Perl_my_unexec () from /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(libperl.o)
(gdb) bt
#0  0xd379c2cc in Perl_my_unexec () from /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(libperl.o)
#1  0xd3810294 in Perl_pp_goto () from /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(libperl.o)
#2  0xd3885ad8 in Perl_runops_standard () from /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(libperl.o)
#3  0xd3797b18 in S_run_body () from /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(libperl.o)
#4  0xd379efbc in perl_run () from /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a(libperl.o)
#5  0x10000478 in main ()
(gdb)