#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $name = 'name';
my $home = 'town';

printknecht();      # let's fork us a scribe

write;

format STDOUT =
@<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
$name,              $home
.

sub printknecht {
    return if my $pid = open(STDOUT, "|-"); # return if parent.
    die "cannot fork: $!" unless defined $pid;
    while (<STDIN>) {
        chop;
        print $_."\r\n";
    } 
    exit;
}