Re^2: Parsing from another program (stream)

LanX -
yep, 'Print' is 'print'. I pulled it off to format and some MS-auto-corruptor pretty-print capitalized start words.
(file-not-found) I could quiet that with a chdir, sometimes. - I tried pointing to the full path, that didn't work. The file is there, but various implementations of 'open' throw that. I see a fair number of other folks fighting that. But I think 'open' is the wrong tool anyway.
As for 'slurp', not the best term, I get it. The issue I have is there will NEVER be an EOF. I am reading gas usage as reported by the meter. And I can't close the file, either.
So, is there no other way to parse the output of another application as it is presented??

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Re^3: Parsing from another program (stream) by LanX (Saint) on Feb 27, 2022 at 21:43 UTC
> But I think `open` is the wrong tool anyway. I used this approach in the past with great success! 🤷🏽 Maybe try providing an absolute path to the executable. edit > The issue I have is there will NEVER be an EOF. I expect that you get an EOF at least when the process exits or dies. And this case should be covered IMHO. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Parsing from another program (stream)
by LanX (Saint) on Feb 27, 2022 at 21:43 UTC

> But I think open is the wrong tool anyway.

I used this approach in the past with great success! 🤷🏽

Maybe try providing an absolute path to the executable.

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> The issue I have is there will NEVER be an EOF.

I expect that you get an EOF at least when the process exits or dies. And this case should be covered IMHO.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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