C:\>perl -E "print 'your input please: ' ; my $input = <>; say $input;" your input please: 1 2 32 1 2 32 #### C:\>perl -E "print 'Enter nums: '; use Data::Dumper;@numbers; push @numbers, split while <>; say Dumper @numbers;" Enter nums: 3 5 7 912 11 ^Z $VAR1 = '3'; $VAR2 = '5'; $VAR3 = '7'; $VAR4 = '912'; $VAR5 = '11';