Getting input from keyboard

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Re: Getting input from keyboard by blazar (Canon) on May 11, 2005 at 07:18 UTC
How 'bout `my $input=<STDIN>`? Or isn't it that you're interested in this faq: `perldoc -q 'single character'` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Getting input from keyboard by Ovid (Cardinal) on May 11, 2005 at 07:19 UTC
You want to read from `STDIN`. `my $data = <STDIN>; # or, if you don't want the newline at the end chomp(my $data = <STDIN>);` [download] Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Getting input from keyboard by gopalr (Priest) on May 11, 2005 at 07:23 UTC
Using `<STDIN>` `print "\nEnter Your Name : "; chomp($name=<STDIN>); print "\nYour Name is $name";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Getting input from keyboard by Anonymous Monk on May 11, 2005 at 07:53 UTC
perldoc perlintro	[reply]