in reply to Re^5: how to read STDIN interactively
in thread how to read STDIN interactively

It looks like I am lacking some needed basic prerequisite stuff to understand what you all are talking about. I'm gonna need to do some studying.

thanks much.

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Re^7: how to read STDIN interactively
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 25, 2011 at 19:14 UTC
    Think of what it takes to stop while (<>) (which is short for while (defined($_ = <>))).