Hi,
If I'm reading you correctly, what you wish to do is print the prompt, then the answer on the new line, but leave the cursor at the prompt. Does that sound about right?
I'm not sure how/if you can do this with Term::ReadLine, but an example of a "general solution" is something like what is in Re: Clearing / rewriting a line in the console (windows). 

#!perl -w
$| = 1;

use strict;
use Time::HiRes qw( sleep );

for ( 1 .. 100 ) {
    print "\r              \r${_}% Complete.";
    sleep( 0.33 );
}

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Also have a look at the thread: How do you clear the current line?
Neil

In reply to Re: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by neilh
in thread Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by hlen

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