note aaron_baugher <p> [doc://perlvar] says "STDOUT will typically be line buffered if output is to the terminal and block buffered otherwise." Maybe something about your circumstances has perl using block buffering on STDOUT. Try setting <c>$|=1;</c> to turn off buffering, and see if that helps. </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-597736"> <p>Aaron B.<br /> Available for small or large Perl jobs; see my home node. </p> </div></div> 986967 986967