How to give an EOF from windows Standard input?

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

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Re: How to give an EOF from windows Standard input? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 11, 2011 at 16:25 UTC
I also use Vista and I don't see this: `c:\test>perl -nlE" say qq[>$_<]; " CON fred >fred< bill >bill< john >john< ^Z c:\test>perl -E" say qq[>$_<] while <STDIN>" fred >fred < bill >bill < john >john < ^Z` [download] Perhaps you could post a small program and console log to demonstrate the problem? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to give an EOF from windows Standard input? by thargas (Deacon) on Feb 11, 2011 at 19:33 UTC
I've noticed that when I'm in a cmd window under windows the ^Z for eof is ignored until after I have hit enter. I.E. I have to use ^Z followed by enter. Perhaps that's what he meant?	[reply]
Re^2: How to give an EOF from windows Standard input? by marytjohn (Initiate) on Feb 11, 2011 at 16:47 UTC
hey i got the issue i was giving Ctrl+Z then followed by some other commands. may be that caused the problem..now it works fine .. Also when i tried to run the perl script not from the command prompt directly from the perl for ex: the code #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w @lines= <STDIN>; print "@lines"; print"This is new \n"; i saved it as input.pl and when i clicked on that from the folder the prompt window was shown i was able to give the inputs and when i pressed Ctrl+Z the window was closed without showing the "This is new" text. How can i make my prompt window stay.	[reply]
Re^3: How to give an EOF from windows Standard input? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 11, 2011 at 17:03 UTC
Please use `<code></code>` tags around code in your posts. The console window will close as soon as the script ends. If you want the window to stay a round for a few seconds, add a sleep before it terminates: `#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w @lines= <STDIN>; print "@lines"; print"This is new \n"; sleep 60;` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How to give an EOF from windows Standard input? by cdarke (Prior) on Feb 11, 2011 at 17:58 UTC
Depends whether you want the console window, which is what is generated for perl, or a cmd.exe shell. If it is a cmd.exe shell you want then run your perl script from a short-cut or association with: `%comspec% /k perl c:\gash.pl` [download] where `c:\gash.pl` is the path to the script. It will run the script then give you a prompt.	[reply] [d/l] [select]