I've written a small program, and I want to be able to edit a line of text that I have previously entered. It sounds so simple, yet I have been unable to find anything that will help me do it.

e.g. 
$Line = <STDIN>;
#Now edit this line
$Line = EditThisLine($Line);   #This function should display the line 
+and allow me to edit it.

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The closest I've got to a solution is here (using Term::ReadLine): http://osdir.com/ml/perl-beginners/2009-03/msg00453.html

This looks like the answer, except it doesn't work for me. Maybe because I'm running my program in a cmd.exe window on desktop running Vista. (Could that really have anything to do with it)?

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it so much.

Thank you …. Len

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