reading from <STDIN>

[amber101]

hi everybody,
this is perl-newbie.
i need to read a line from user until they hit &quot;.&quot;. Then use that line with the &quot;.&quot; included. basically <STDIN> instead of \n i need to use &quot;.&quot;

thx for the response.

 

[MikeLacey]

do you mean that you want to process each character as it's typed?

Mike

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[amber101]

Yeah, line I enter should stop when i hit the &quot;.&quot;
just like <STDIN> without the &quot;\n&quot;
thx

 

[danb1]

# changer terminal eol to .
system &quot;stty eol .&quot;;
# change perl input record separator to .
$/ = &quot;.&quot;;

while (<STDIN>) {
# do whatever you like
}

 

[PaulTEG]

You could also have a look at TERM::ReadKey, or getc
HTH
--Paul

 

[MikeLacey]

TERM::ReadKey would be my choice

Mike

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