use IO::Select qw( ); my $sel = IO::Select->new(\*STDIN, \*TNIN); MAIN_LOOP: while (my @ready = $sel->can_read()) { for my $fh (@ready) { my $bytes_read = sysread($fh, my $data='', 4096) or last MAIN_LOOP; if ($fh == \*STDIN) { print TNOUT do_this($data); } else { print STDOUT do_that($data); } } }