How to give input to a program which is inside perl script

kirov60 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am writing a small script which is invoking a program which needs a input from the user. The input is standard value but I do not know, how to do that. ex: cat per-script date; getapdata; print "End of program" The getapdata program needs "1" as input. How to do that? I read about storing all inputs in file ex: apinput cat apinput 1 perl-script apinput But this does not work. I am new to perl and direction will be a big help regards kirov

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Re: How to give input to a program which is inside perl script by NetWallah (Canon) on Jul 20, 2004 at 02:47 UTC
Perhaps something like : `system "echo 1 \| getapdata";` [download] In case you need the output from getpdata, use backticks or the "qx" function. There are other, more complex options, including "open2". Earth first! (We'll rob the other planets later)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to give input to a program which is inside perl script by naChoZ (Curate) on Jul 20, 2004 at 13:46 UTC
Expect can do this easily. -- People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. naChoZ	[reply]