#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use constant READ_TIMEOUT => 0.5; use Text::ASCIITable; use IO::Select; if (-t \*STDIN) { warn "[$$] STDIN: TTY\n"; } else { warn "[$$] STDIN: PIPE\n"; } if (-t \*STDOUT) { warn "[$$] STDOUT: TTY\n"; } else { warn "[$$] STDOUT: PIPE\n"; } $| = 1; print "\0" if -t \*STDIN; my $io_select = IO::Select->new(\*STDIN); if ($io_select->can_read(READ_TIMEOUT)) { print for ; } else { print get_table(); } sub get_table { my $t = Text::ASCIITable::->new({ headingText => 'Basket' }); $t->setCols('Id', 'Name', 'Price'); $t->addRow(1, 'Dummy product 1', 24.4); $t->addRow(2, 'Dummy product 2', 21.2); $t->addRow(3, 'Dummy product 3', 12.3); $t->addRowLine(); $t->addRow('', 'Total', 57.9); return $t; }