Thank you all for the help.

Figured it out.

To error is human. To really screw things up required a computer!

Perl 5: how to read rom a pipe and command line parameter at the same time:

PeadPipe.pm

package ReadPipe;
require Exporter;

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
# use diagnostics "-verbose";
use Term::ReadKey qw ( ReadKey ReadMode );

# our @ISA       = qw( Exporter );
use Exporter     qw(import);
our @EXPORT      = qw();   # symbols to be exported by default (space-
+separated)
our $VERSION     = 0.01;
our @EXPORT_OK   = qw( ReadPipe );

# Refernece: https://metacpan.org/pod/Term::ReadKey
# ReadMode MODE [, Filehandle]
#
#    Takes an integer argument, which can currently be one of the foll
+owing values:
#
#    0    Restore original settings.
#    1    Change to cooked mode.
#    2    Change to cooked mode with echo off. 
#          (Good for passwords)
#    3    Change to cbreak mode.
#    4    Change to raw mode.
#    5    Change to ultra-raw mode. 
#          (LF to CR/LF translation turned off) 
#           
#    Or, you may use the synonyms:
#     
#    restore
#    normal
#    noecho
#    cbreak
#    raw
#    ultra-raw
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Thank you all for the help.

Figured it out.

To error is human. To really screw things up required a computer!

Perl 5: how to read rom a pipe and command line parameter at the same time:

PeadPipe.pm

package ReadPipe;
require Exporter;

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
# use diagnostics "-verbose";
use Term::ReadKey qw ( ReadKey ReadMode );

# our @ISA       = qw( Exporter );
use Exporter     qw(import);
our @EXPORT      = qw();   # symbols to be exported by default (space-
+separated)
our $VERSION     = 0.01;
our @EXPORT_OK   = qw( ReadPipe );

# Refernece: https://metacpan.org/pod/Term::ReadKey
# ReadMode MODE [, Filehandle]
#
#    Takes an integer argument, which can currently be one of the foll
+owing values:
#
#    0    Restore original settings.
#    1    Change to cooked mode.
#    2    Change to cooked mode with echo off. 
#          (Good for passwords)
#    3    Change to cbreak mode.
#    4    Change to raw mode.
#    5    Change to ultra-raw mode. 
#          (LF to CR/LF translation turned off) 
#           
#    Or, you may use the synonyms:
#     
#    restore
#    normal
#    noecho
#    cbreak
#    raw
#    ultra-raw
#
#
#    ReadKey MODE [, Filehandle]
#
#    Takes an integer argument, which can currently be one of the foll
+owing values:
#
#    0    Perform a normal read using getc
#    -1   Perform a non-blocked read
#    >0   Perform a timed read


sub ReadPipe () {
   # if data is not present in the pipe (STDIN), return an empty sting
   # if data is present, read until an EOF is detected, then return th
+e
   #    string, less the EOF mark

   my $Pipe = "";
   my $Key  = "";

   ReadMode 4; # Turn off controls keys
   if ( defined ( $Key = ReadKey ( -1, \*STDIN ) ) ) { 
      $Pipe = $Key;
      while ( <STDIN> ) { $Pipe .= $_ };  # reads until EOF detected
   }   
   ReadMode 1; # Reset tty mode before exiting
   chomp ( $Pipe );
   # print STDERR "\$Pipe = <$Pipe>\n";
   return $Pipe;
}
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ReadAPipe.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

# Note: check out Pause.pm for reading empty keys

use lib '/home/linuxutil';
use strict;
use warnings;
use ReadPipe qw ( ReadPipe );


my $Pipe= "";

# while (<STDIN>){ $Pipe .= $_; }  # hangs if pipe is empty

$Pipe = ReadPipe::ReadPipe ();

print "This was read from the pipe:\n";
print "<$Pipe>\n\n";

print "This was the read from the parameters:\n";
print "<@{ARGV}>\n";
__END__
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$ ( echo Hi; sleep 3; echo Bye ) | ./ReadAPipe.pl a b c
This was read from the pipe:
<Hi
Bye>

This was the read from the parameters:
<a b c>


./ReadAPipe.pl a b c
This was read from the pipe:
<>

This was the read from the parameters:
<a b c>
[download]

#
#
#    ReadKey MODE [, Filehandle]
#
#    Takes an integer argument, which can currently be one of the foll
+owing values:
#
#    0    Perform a normal read using getc
#    -1   Perform a non-blocked read
#    >0   Perform a timed read


sub ReadPipe () {
   # if data is not present in the pipe (STDIN), return an empty sting
   # if data is present, read until an EOF is detected, then return th
+e
   #    string, less the EOF mark

   my $Pipe = "";
   my $Key  = "";

   ReadMode 4; # Turn off controls keys
   if ( defined ( $Key = ReadKey ( -1, \*STDIN ) ) ) { 
      $Pipe = $Key;
      while ( <STDIN> ) { $Pipe .= $_ };  # reads until EOF detected
   }   
   ReadMode 1; # Reset tty mode before exiting
   chomp ( $Pipe );
   # print STDERR "\$Pipe = <$Pipe>\n";
   return $Pipe;
}
[download]

ReadAPipe.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

# Note: check out Pause.pm for reading empty keys

use lib '/home/linuxutil';
use strict;
use warnings;
use ReadPipe qw ( ReadPipe );


my $Pipe= "";

# while (<STDIN>){ $Pipe .= $_; }  # hangs if pipe is empty

$Pipe = ReadPipe::ReadPipe ();

print "This was read from the pipe:\n";
print "<$Pipe>\n\n";

print "This was the read from the parameters:\n";
print "<@{ARGV}>\n";
__END__
[download]

$ ( echo Hi; sleep 3; echo Bye ) | ./ReadAPipe.pl a b c
This was read from the pipe:
<Hi
Bye>

This was the read from the parameters:
<a b c>


./ReadAPipe.pl a b c
This was read from the pipe:
<>

This was the read from the parameters:
<a b c>
[download]

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