my 2d $ TERM=vt100 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD ./perl -I$PWD/lib utils/prove -l lib/perl5db.t lib/perl5db.t .. ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=119, 11 wallclock secs ( 0.06 usr 0.01 sys + 8.78 cusr 0.71 csys = 9.56 CPU) Result: PASS $ TERM=vt100 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD ./perl -I$PWD/lib -d ~/workspace/p5p/script/term.pl Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.42 Editor support available. Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'man perldebug' for more help. main::(/home/kevin/workspace/p5p/script/term.pl:10): 10: my $term; DB<1> v 10 7 8 9 10==> my $term; 11: eval { $term = Term::ReadLine->new('none') }; 12: print 'Info: Using ReadLine implementation -> ' . $term->ReadLine . "\n"; 13: print 'INFO: $ENV{TERM} -> ' . $ENV{TERM} . "\n"; 14 15 16 DB<2> c Info: Using ReadLine implementation -> Term::ReadLine::Stub INFO: $ENV{TERM} -> vt100 Debugged program terminated. Use q to quit or R to restart, use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination, h q, h R or h o to get additional info. DB<2> q