sub do_work { eval { eval { my $word = $ENV{WORD} || 'a'; $word++ while $word ne 'interrupt'; warn "Got: $word\n"; }; if( $@ ) { warn "Ignoring failure.\n"; } 1 } or do { my $e = $@ || 'Unknown error'; warn "Failed: $e\n"; }; } my $seconds = 2;