You can configure the command prompt to allow for more lines of scroll back, I have no idea how this is done on Windows 8. What you may want to do is just write STDERR to file, for example:

#!/usr/bin/perl
# derp.pl, an example in sloppiness
use strict;
use warnings;

$| = 1; # disable buffering

print $foo;

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run like so:

perl derp.pl 2>error.txt

You can then list the contents of error.txt using:

type error.txt

Or view it in your text editor of choice.

Update: For further discussion see also how do i redirect STDOUT, STDIN, or STDERR to a FILE? and http://perlmaven.com/stdout-stderr-and-redirection.

In reply to Re: Error line is too large for CMD window by marto
in thread Error line is too large for CMD window by Anonymous Monk

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