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    use File::Temp qw/tempfile/;
    my ($fh,$fn) = tempfile(UNLINK=>1);
    print $fh $output;
    close $fh;
    system('less',$fn) == 0 or die "system: \$?=$?";
    
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    use IPC::Run3 'run3';
    run3 ['less'], \$output or die $!;
    die "run3: \$?=$?" if $?;
    
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    my @cmd = ('less', '-');
    die '@cmd must have more than one element' unless @cmd>1;
    open my $fh, '|-', @cmd or die $!;
    print $fh $output;
    close $fh or die $! ? $! : "pipe: \$?=$?";