I can't get it to work. I should have been more explicit in my original post. Here is my test code: 

 

#!/vcm/home/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;


print "Hello world line 7\n";
print "Hello world line 8\n";
print "Hello world line 9\n";
print "Hello world line 10\n";
print "Hello world line 11\n";
print "Hello world line 12\n";
print "Hello world line 13\n";
print "Hello world line 14\n";
print "Hello world line 15\n";
print "Hello world line 16\n";
print "Hello world line 17\n";
print "Hello world line 18\n";
print "Hello world line 19\n";
print "Hello world line 20\n";

 $ perl -v

This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 1 (v5.12.1) built for x86_64-li
+nux

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And here is the debugger interaction. The action gets set on line 10 with a  10 print "action print". Neither using  A 10, which I try when after executing line 12, nor  A *, which I try after executing line 14, turns off the action printing. It keeps printing, once per line. 

 $ perl -d foo.pl

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.33
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

main::(foo.pl:7):    print "Hello world line 7\n";
  DB<1> a 9 print "action print\n";                                   
+                                                                
  DB<2> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 7
main::(foo.pl:8):    print "Hello world line 8\n";
  DB<2> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 8
main::(foo.pl:9):    print "Hello world line 9\n";
action print
  DB<2> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 9
main::(foo.pl:10):    print "Hello world line 10\n";
action print
  DB<2> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 10
main::(foo.pl:11):    print "Hello world line 11\n";
action print
  DB<2> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 11
main::(foo.pl:12):    print "Hello world line 12\n";
action print
  DB<2> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 12
main::(foo.pl:13):    print "Hello world line 13\n";
action print

DB<2> 
A 10                                                                  
+                                                        
  DB<3> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 13
main::(foo.pl:14):    print "Hello world line 14\n";
action print
  DB<3> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 14
main::(foo.pl:15):    print "Hello world line 15\n";
action print
  DB<3>
A *                                                                   
+                                                        
Deleting all actions...
  DB<4> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 15
main::(foo.pl:16):    print "Hello world line 16\n";
action print
  DB<4> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 16
main::(foo.pl:17):    print "Hello world line 17\n";
action print
  DB<4> n                                                             
+                                                                
Hello world line 17
main::(foo.pl:18):    print "Hello world line 18\n";
action print

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In reply to Re^2: action in debugger - how to turn off by lcuff
in thread action in debugger - how to turn off by lcuff

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