Hmmm, when I try to create a hash similar to the one that you suggested, it just runs the routines...I am new to perl, so I'm not sure if I typed something in wrong or not. Program outputs Welcome Ending Program Died at..... I must have mis-understood what you were trying to explain with the hash. 
use strict;
my $input;
my %commands;
my $cmd;

my %commands = (
        greeting =>  \&greeting(),
        quit  => \&end_program(),
    );


    chomp( $input = <STDIN> );
    my( $cmd, @args ) = split( /\s+/, $input );

    if( defined( $commands{ $cmd } ) ) {
        $commands{ $cmd }->( @args );
    }



sub greeting {
   print "Weclome\n";
}


sub end_program {
   print("Ending Program\n");
   die;
}

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In reply to Re: (lestrrat) Re: Trying to simulate a CLI using hashes... by thoth
in thread Trying to simulate a CLI using hashes... by thoth

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