user input without return

utpalmtbi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks,

I have a perl script with some default values. It takes two user input to change its values and write the content in output file..

The script looks like:


$input1= <STDIN>;

$input2 = <STDIN>;


print("   firstinput = $input1  
secondinput = $input2
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.........

To run the script in cmd, I use:

perl script.pl >> outputfile
firstinput_value
secondinput_value
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Note that I have to use two return to enter the input file values, but instead, I want to use:

perl script.pl firstinput_value secondinput_value >> outputfile
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Plz help

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Re: user input without return
by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Aug 19, 2013 at 08:30 UTC

If I understand correctly, you want firstInput_value and secondinput_value to be passed in as command line arguments. If so, just access them from within the programme using the @ARGV array:

my ($input1, $input2) = @ARGV;
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See @ARGV in perlvar#Variables-related-to-filehandles.

Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

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Re^2: user input without return

by utpalmtbi (Acolyte) on Aug 19, 2013 at 08:52 UTC

perfect..thanks

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Re: user input without return
by vinoth.ree (Monsignor) on Aug 19, 2013 at 09:12 UTC

Hi utpalmtbi,

You could have searched in google for "perl pass command line arguments",

All is well

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Re^2: user input without return

by Laurent_R (Canon) on Aug 19, 2013 at 18:43 UTC

Yeah, sure, but perhaps utpalmtbi did not know exactly what to look for.

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