moo@cow[326]~>prove some-test.t -v some-test.t .. ok 1 - 1 is okay ok 2 - A is A ok 3 - B is greater than puny A ok 4 - A didn't magically become B not ok 5 - This is like that 1..5 # Failed test 'This is like that' # at ab.t line 7. # 'this' # doesn't match '(?-xism:that)' # Looks like you failed 1 test of 5. Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) Failed 1/5 subtests Test Summary Report ------------------- ab.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 5 Failed: 1) Failed test: 5 Non-zero exit status: 1 Files=1, Tests=5, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr 0.00 sys + 0.01 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.03 CPU) Result: FAIL