Hello phillipdhall, and welcome to the Monastery!

The error arises because File::Tail::select expects each element of your @handles array to be a File::Tail object. So, you would need to create a File::Tail object initialised with STDIN. Except you can’t, because the documentation for the constructor rules this out:

name
 This is the name of the file to open. The file will be opened for reading. This must be a regular file, not a pipe or a terminal (i.e. it must be seekable).

So, it seems you will need to find a different approach. Maybe something using a timeout? (See the example code for the select method.)

I can’t experiment, as File::Tail won’t install on Windows. :-(

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum

In reply to Re: Using File::Tail::select with STDIN? by Athanasius
in thread Using File::Tail::select with STDIN? by phillipdhall

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