$ cat test.pl use 5.032; my $foo = 10; say qq{foo: $foo} $ perl -d test.pl Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.57 Editor support available. Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'man perldebug' for more help. main::(test.pl:2): my $foo = 10; DB<1> x $foo 0 undef DB<2> n main::(test.pl:3): say qq{foo: $foo} DB<2> x $foo 0 10 DB<3> my $foo = 20 DB<4> x $foo 0 10 DB<5> my $foo = 20; say qq{foo: $foo} foo: 20 DB<6> x $foo 0 10