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Re^2: detect input available from command line

by mifflin (Curate)
on Mar 10, 2011 at 21:51 UTC ( [id://892543]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: detect input available from command line
in thread detect input available from command line

What if the input is not coming from @ARGV but from stdin?
example:
$ ./testprog -t testing@testing.com -s test5 <<EOT; > stuff > typed > in > here > EOT
In this case @ARGV is empty but there is still something to read. How would I detect this?

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Re^3: detect input available from command line
by Eliya (Vicar) on Mar 10, 2011 at 22:02 UTC

    You could test

    if (@ARGV or !-t STDIN and !eof()) { while (<>) { ...

    (but any non-input file arguments would need to be removed from @ARGV first, of course)

    This should work with input file arguments on the command line, heredoc input (<<), input redirect (<), and piping into the program (|).

    Update: actually, I think you don't even need the eof().

Re^3: detect input available from command line
by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Mar 11, 2011 at 03:40 UTC

    I have a program that may try to get data from the command line using

    What if the input is not coming from @ARGV but from stdin?

    If the input is coming from STDIN then it is not on the command line.

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