Perl verbose output?

Question

Is there are a way to get Perl debug output, similar to bash -x but in Perl?

I do not need strikt or diagnose messages (they compile the code but do not print the line that the Perl interpreter executes).

Answer 1

Assuming you are using some kind of unix you can use the Devel::Trace perl module. If it is not installed you can install it from CPAN like this:

sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Devel::Trace'

Once you have it you can run your script like this:

perl -d:Trace myscript.pl

And it will do exactly what bash -x does (note that the name of the Trace package is case sensitive).