when you use the debugger try the command h h and you will see f filename Switch to viewing filename. File must be already loaded. filename may be either the full name of the file, or a regular expression matching the full file name: f /home/me/foo.pl and f oo\. may access the same file. Evals (with saved bodies) are considered to be filenames: f (eval 7) and f eval 7\b access the body of the 7th eval (in the order of execution). source file Execute file containing debugger commands (may nest). DB<9> L /usr/src/Padre/Padre-Plugin-Debug/scripts/ExSewi.pm: 31: my $fred = $_[0]; break if (1) sewi.pl: 21: say $fred; break if (1) all you have to do is load the perl.pms and set b's imho this should be closed