I have this code, and I need the output of 'it begins' and 'it ends' not to rely on any type of input. As it is written now, they are printed after something is entered instead of when the dertermining time passes by. Also, I need to have input still open, I can get the output to be displayed without the use of any input in the code, but that is not my point. Here's what the code looks like: 
while (time) {
   $Seconds = substr(time,-3,1);
   if ($Seconds == 4&&$Factor != 1) {
      print "It begins.";
      $Factor = 1;
   } elsif ($Seconds == 5&&$Factor == 1) {
      print "It ends.";
      $Factor = 0;
   }
   $Input = <STDIN>;
   chomp($Input);
   if ($Input eq "time") {
      print time;
      print "\n";
   } elsif ($Input eq "quit") {
      exit;
   }
}

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Some help or suggestions on cleaning this up would be nice... hehe.

In reply to Input/Output Problem by zrzero

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