debugger: continue to specific line

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

When I debug some_script.pl (thus: perl -d some_script.pl), I start out at the top and want to skip to the specific line /usr/lib/perl5/Somewhere/Deep/Within.pm:1234 where the interesting action is. How do I do that?

I tried the c command with that line, but that gives a syntax error from the debugger. I also tried without the colon, that does not work, either. The documentation is not helping because it does not explain what the syntax for the line argument is.

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Re: debugger: continue to specific line by apl (Monsignor) on May 02, 2008 at 09:46 UTC
As per the debugger documentation, you'd say c 1234. If you showed us your exact command and the syntax error from the debugger, a better suggestion could be made.	[reply]
Re^2: debugger: continue to specific line by alexm (Chaplain) on May 02, 2008 at 10:00 UTC
But you need to change the current file first, i.e. f /usr/lib/perl5/Somewhere/Deep/Within.pm	[reply]
Re: debugger: continue to specific line by zentara (Cardinal) on May 02, 2008 at 13:33 UTC
I don't know if you are aware of the Perl/Tk frontend to the debugger Devel::ptkdb, but with that, all it takes is a mouse click to set a Breakpoint, then you push the Run button and it will proceed to the next break point. ptkdb Control Menu It might make life easier for you. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re: debugger: continue to specific line by Burak (Chaplain) on May 02, 2008 at 14:38 UTC
Long way: run that file in the debugger and continue to the point where Somewhere::Deep::Within is loaded. Then, lets say, if that line 1234 is inside &Somewhere::Deep::Within::foo(): `c Somewhere::Deep::Within::foo c 1234` [download] The shortcut to that is to edit /usr/lib/perl5/Somewhere/Deep/Within.pm and add `$DB::single = 2;` [download] before that line and then you can continue to that point automatically...	[reply] [d/l] [select]