You might want to use Deparse to show you the reduced syntax, this will produce slightly prettier output, which might help you a little.

# bad perl
print $foo; s/dog/cat/gm; m%foo%;
FOO: for ($foo) { /dog/ && do {last FOO}; /cat/ && do {$dog = 'rabbit'
+};}
exit(0) or die "wooot?";

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When run through Deparse:

bash-2.03$ perl -MO=Deparse badperl.pl
badperl.pl syntax OK
print $foo;
s/dog/cat/gm;
/foo/;
FOO: foreach $_ ($foo) {
    if (/dog/) {
        last FOO;
    }
    if (/cat/) {
        $dog = 'rabbit';
    }
}
die 'wooot?' unless exit 0;

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As you can see, some bits get clearer, while others get a little more murky, but it's a useful tool.

In reply to Re: Reverse Engineering Perl Tool? by quidity
in thread Reverse Engineering Perl Tool? by Anonymous Monk

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