problem with sleep!

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Re: problem with sleep! by tlm (Prior) on Mar 24, 2005 at 12:57 UTC
Add `$\|=1` before the loop, and then learn about `$\|` and output buffering. `% perldoc -q unbuffer` [download] the lowliest monk	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: problem with sleep! by jhourcle (Prior) on Mar 24, 2005 at 12:57 UTC
Output buffering. See the question asked a few hours ago: Sleep Not Sleeping when using without "\n" Update: blah...the original node was a duplicate	[reply]