I used to do this in ksh all the time (Terminal programs), and it seems it works just as well in perl, I'm sure this isn't the best solution but it does work:

$file1 = 'c:\file.txt';

print "Enter File Here: $file1\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b";
chomp($file2 = <STDIN>);
$file2 ? $file = $file2 : $file = $file1;

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In reply to Re: printing deletable text to stdout by kutsu
in thread printing deletable text to stdout by richz

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