According to what I read, the reread command is supposed to work with input from STDIN which is what you're using. Could be a gnuplot issue instead of a Perl issue.
In reply to Re^3: fork spawn write background problem
by GotToBTru
in thread fork spawn write background problem
by grasshopper!!!
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