#!usr/bin/perl5.26.1 use strict; use IO::Select; use Text::ASCIITable; $|=1; my $t = Text::ASCIITable->new({ headingText => 'Basket' }); $t->setCols('Id','Name','Price'); $t->addRow(1,'Dummy product 1',24.4); $t->addRow(2,'Dummy product 2',21.2); $t->addRow(3,'Dummy product 3',12.3); $t->addRowLine(); $t->addRow('','Total',57.9); print STDOUT $t ."\n"; ### print "checking pipe\n"; #<==== HERE my $s = IO::Select->new(); $s->add(\*STDIN); if ($s->can_read(.5)) { print STDOUT "reading from pipe data\n"; } #### # # TEST RUN # # perl test.pl .------------------------------. | Basket | +----+-----------------+-------+ | Id | Name | Price | +----+-----------------+-------+ | 1 | Dummy product 1 | 24.4 | | 2 | Dummy product 2 | 21.2 | | 3 | Dummy product 3 | 12.3 | +----+-----------------+-------+ | | Total | 57.9 | '----+-----------------+-------' # perl test.pl | perl test.pl .------------------------------. | Basket | +----+-----------------+-------+ | Id | Name | Price | +----+-----------------+-------+ | 1 | Dummy product 1 | 24.4 | | 2 | Dummy product 2 | 21.2 | | 3 | Dummy product 3 | 12.3 | +----+-----------------+-------+ | | Total | 57.9 | '----+-----------------+-------' reading from pipe data