Just for fun (and because I haven't done a ReadKey in a while), here's my guess at a structure for what you are asking. 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11141714
use warnings;
use Term::ReadKey;
use Time::HiRes qw( time );
use List::Util qw( max );
$| = 1;

my $n = my @menuitems = qw( one two three four );
my ($w, $h) = GetTerminalSize;
my $interval = 10;
my $due = time + $interval;

my $result = eval
  {
  ReadMode 'cbreak';
  while( 1 )
    {
    print "\e[H\e[J", "\n" x ($h - @menuitems - 5),
      "enter number for choice:\n\n";
    print "$_ : $menuitems[ $_ - 1 ]\n" for 1 .. @menuitems;
    print "\nnumber : ";
    my $delta = max 0.001, $due - time;
    local $_ = ReadKey $delta;
    if( not defined $_ )
      {
      print("running occasional program every $interval seconds");
      sleep 1;
      $due = time + $interval;
      }
    elsif( /[1-$n]/ )
      {
      print("running $menuitems[$_ - 1]");
      sleep 1;
      }
    elsif( /[qQ\e]/ )
      {
      last;
      }
    else
      {
      print("bad key, try again");
      sleep 1;
      }
    }
  } || $@;
ReadMode 'restore';
print "$result\n";

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Of course, replace the sleeps with your subs, and more work would be required if you have more than 9 menu items.

In reply to Re: Run subroutine occasionally by tybalt89
in thread Run subroutine occasionally by rementis

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