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in reply to Re^2: Ask for STDIN but don't pause for it
in thread Ask for STDIN but don't pause for it

Works here. Are you hitting Enter to finish the line input? Otherwise use sysread.
$ ./928062.pl
Fri Sep 30 06:56:53 2011
Fri Sep 30 06:56:58 2011
asdfasfsad
GLOB(0x7afe00)
got: asdfasfsad
Fri Sep 30 06:57:02 2011
^C

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