Re: [perl #34288] perlop: qx/STRING/: mention STDIN
by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes other posts by this author
Feb 28 2005 5:14PM messages near this date
Re: [perl #34288] perlop: qx/STRING/: mention STDIN
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[perl #34287] perlfaq6: /m matching beyond the first newline
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 06:32:12PM -0500, Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> According to Dan Jacobson:
> > Perlop talks tons about qx/STRING/'s STDOUT and STDERR, but forgets to
> > mention its STDIN!
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> Well, gee, if stdin isn't mentioned, that must be because it has nothing
> to to do with qx//.
I disagree. qx// creates processes and talks tons about what you
can do to redirect their stdout and stderr. It should mention that
the process inherits perl's stdin unless it's redirected.
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