#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use POSIX qw/strftime/; strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime; my @sleepvals = qw /1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8/; print strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime; print "\n"; foreach my $sleepval (@sleepvals) { sleep($sleepval); print strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime; print "\n"; } #### 01:03:39 01:03:40 01:03:42 01:03:45 01:03:49 01:03:54 01:04:00 01:04:07 01:04:15 #### 01:03:39 01:03:40 01:03:42 01:03:45 01:03:48 01:03:51 01:04:54 01:04:57