in reply to Problem with print
Does it help to turn autoflush on?
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RL has nailed it. Compare,
$ perl -e'sleep 1, print "\r$_" for 1..10; print $/' [download]
$ perl -e'$| = 1; sleep 1, print "\r$_" for 1..10; print $/' [download]
After Compline,Zaxo