use strict; $|++; if( $ARGV[0] eq 'child' ) { sleep 1; print STDOUT "stdout1\n"; sleep 1; print STDOUT "stdout2\n"; sleep 1; print STDOUT "stdout3\n"; sleep 1; print STDOUT "stdout4\n"; exit; } use Tk; use Tk::ROText; my $mw = MainWindow->new; my $text = $mw->ROText()->pack( -fill => 'both', -expand => 1 ); use IO::Handle; my $stdout = IO::Handle->new(); my $pid = open( $stdout, "$0 child |" ) || die; $stdout->autoflush( 1 ); $mw->fileevent( $stdout, readable => \&read_stdout ); MainLoop; sub read_stdout { print "read_stdout()\n"; my $num = $stdout->sysread( my $buffer, 1024 ); print "sysread() got $num bytes:\n[$buffer]\n"; $text->insert( 'end', $buffer ); }