SPUG: Dup'ing STDIN from DATA?
Tim Maher/CONSULTIX
tim at consultix-inc.com
Thu Mar 15 12:04:42 CST 2001
> For those put off by the AWKisness (-n usage) of the above program,
> the following one doesn't work any better:
>
> #! /usr/bin/perl -w
>
> open STDIN, "<&DATA";
>
> while (<>) { # no arguments provided to script
> <do fun stuff with $_>
> }
>
> __DATA__
> Stuff here
Actually, this one *does* work; I couldn't tell initially because I had
an invisible (junk) argument lingering in vi's !!-command buffer, that
prevented STDIN from being accessed. Sorry! 8-{
I'd still like to know how to make the -n version work, though, if
anybody has any ideas.
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