Re: strange problem with STDIN- need help

Poonam Pahil wrote:
> i managed to figure out the cause.
> i was undefining $/ .I wanted to use slurping technique.i.e reading in a
> small file in a variable & then making the changes.
>
> Ive now undefined this within a local context.
> Its working fine now.
> anyone has an idea how this is affecting <STDIN>.

Yes, I do. readline() is waiting for EOF on the STDIN filehandle.

> I tried using $|=1 but that did not help.

That is because setting $| only effects the currently selected filehandle
which is STDOUT by default.



John
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