in reply to To Debug a Hanging Perl Script

Auto-flush STDOUT ($| = 1;) so you can see everything that's printed as it is printed. Then you can add print statements (or warns) to track the progress of your script.

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Re^2: To Debug a Hanging Perl Script
by spiritway (Vicar) on Mar 03, 2006 at 09:16 UTC

    Along the same lines you could change your print statements to warn, which will give you information as to where you are in the script.

    Update: Oops... I see you already mentioned them...

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Re^2: To Debug a Hanging Perl Script
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 03, 2006 at 09:32 UTC
    Hi ikegami,
    Where and how should I put this line in my script? 
    Auto-flush STDOUT ($| = 1;)

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      Anywhere. Presumably near the top so it gets executed soon. And it's: 
      $| = 1;  # Auto-flush STDOUT

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