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BooK
<p>The [Obfuscated Code|O] word...</p>
<P>I thought <tt>select</tt> would be a good choice, since I can
set a timeout. But, when I use it with STDIN, I always get a "Bad filehandle"
error (in <tt>$!</tt>). That's why I asked for help specifically about select...
(I knew I shouldn't have mentionned the user behind the keyboard)
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