Command history in the perl debugger
If you’re one of the rare people that prefers the perl debugger over warn() statements everywhere in your code you will benefit from a functioning command history in the debugger.
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I’m always forgetting what pieces I need to make this happen, so I’m writing a note to my future self.
Ubuntu Packages
Install:
- libncurses-dev
- libreadline-dev
Perl Packages
Install:
- Term::ReadLine::Gnu
Save a little time with puppet
Include these somewhere and run a puppet update:
class libncurses-dev {
package { libncurses-dev: ensure => latest }
}
class libreadline-dev {
package { libreadline-dev: ensure => latest }
}
Save the history to a file
Add this to ~/.perldb
# file: "~/.perldb"
&parse_options("HistFile=$ENV{HOME}/.perldb.hist");
(This is a repost of a post made to blogs.perl.org in 2013)
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