=over =item input_line_number HANDLE EXPR =item $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER =item $NR =item $. The current input line number for the last file handle from which you read (or performed a C or C on). The value may be different from the actual physical line number in the file, depending on what notion of "line" is in effect--see L<$/> on how to affect that. An explicit close on a filehandle resets the line number. Because "CE>" never does an explicit close, line numbers increase across ARGV files (but see examples under eof()). Localizing C<$.> has the effect of also localizing Perl's notion of "the last read filehandle". (Mnemonic: many programs use "." to mean the current line number.) =back