I have done something similar so many times... I find Win32::Console incredibly confusing though powerful, and I usually cargo-cult my own old scripts, because otherwise it takes me several hours to set up the input and output channels correctly.

Which is odd, because the module has extensive documentation: I think that it could do with some sort of cookbook though. I'd be interested in helping out with this, if anyone's interested.

Cheerio!
Osfameron
http://osfameron.perlmonk.org/chickenman/