use strict; run(); sub run { my @plist = ("ABC", "DEF"); dumpList("Initial list", @plist); foreach (@plist) { my $ccmexecResult = ccmexec_nodie("echo HelloWorld"); dumpList("ccmexec returned: $ccmexecResult", @plist); } } sub dumpList { my ($when, @list) = @_; print "$when\n", join "\n", @list, '', ''; } sub ccmexec_nodie { my $command = $_[0]; $_ = "Well that sucks"; return "$command: result"; }