Re: Piping input as an option

You could test whether STDIN is attached to a terminal:

$ perl -le 'print "yes" if -t STDIN'
yes
$ perl -le 'print "yes" if -t STDIN' < /dev/null
$
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Dave.

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Re^2: Piping input as an option by jkelly (Initiate) on Jul 04, 2007 at 13:04 UTC
`perl -le 'print "yes" if -t STDIN'` Perfect! Thanks, Dave, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you to all three of you for your suggestions. I'm set now. -jkelly	[reply] [d/l]