Thank you very much LanX for the reply.

Using PERL5DB="sub DB::DB { print $var }" perl -d your-script is a really great idea. I was not aware of the DB::DB sub.

I tried defining this and running it with something like:
PERL5DB="sub DB::DB { print \"VAR: \$var\n\" if(defined \$var); }" perl -d your-script

However, it seems that this affects the way the std debugger works as I do not get the output from the debugger listing all the lines that are executed as before. It seems to not be called recursively all the way through the program without the std. debugger working. Looks like it only gets called top level and internal statements are not getting the DB::DB injected before execution.

I saw your responses giving commands to the debugger ie. watch and action statements etc. Is there a way to provide this to the debugger via the $ENV{PERLDB_OPTS} variable?

Thanks again.
--dave
http://dave.thehorners.com/tech-talk/programming/94-perl-programming

In reply to Re^2: How can I print variable contents from the debugger non-interactively? by davehorner
in thread How can I print variable contents from the debugger non-interactively? by davehorner

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