I am trying to write a script that will read stdin (from a program that sends messages to the command line) and then have my script loop through each message as it appears and answer the message with a Y. Once the messages cease I would like my script to continue. I include the code below only to show that I have tried some stuff and am not asking for someone to do all the coding for me, I'm just stumped at trying to get the thing to redo its loop and then stop when needed. THanks in Advance! Bob 
#!/usr/bin/perl


'composer "create originaljobfile from jobs=@#@"';

'composer "delete jobs=ESMD#@"';

chomp ($input= <STDIN>);
if ($input=~ /^Okay\b/i) {
print "Y";
redo;
} else {

print "joe";
};

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In reply to trying to get a loop to redo by ddrumguy

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