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Re^2: How to write a program to read stdin or command line?

by ikegami (Patriarch)
on Oct 02, 2007 at 15:27 UTC ( [id://642138]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: How to write a program to read stdin or command line?
in thread How to write a program to read stdin or command line?

I don't see why -i is required. If it's not on the command line, then it must be on STDIN, so there's no reason to use -i.

my $input = @ARGV ? shift(@ARGV) : <STDIN>;

That's the approach <ARGV> uses.

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Re^3: How to write a program to read stdin or command line?
by jdporter (Paladin) on Oct 02, 2007 at 17:50 UTC

    Scalability / future expansion. The program may need other data on the command line unrelated to the need stated in the OP.

    Anyway, I didn't say -i is required. I answered the question "How would you...." And this is how I would. If you would do it otherwise, fine.

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