no prompt option in perl

krishna posted this at 11:59 — 22nd September 2008.

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Hi all,

how do i use a no prompt option in perl

print "Press Enter to Continue";
my $x =;
the above prompts to enter , to continue..
how do avoid it..

when no prompt is given script should not ask for "pressing enter'

thanks in advance

FireFleur posted this at 19:09 — 21st October 2008.

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print sends a string to stdout. So, if you print something it will display generally (stout being directed to the output).

You can redirect stdout for example:

perl yourfile.pl 2>/dev/null

but that will remove all stdout and redirect it to /dev/null

or you could just comment the print command.

# print "Press ...