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Re^3: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>

by f00li5h (Chaplain)
on Dec 16, 2008 at 23:58 UTC ( [id://730777]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>
in thread Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>

The link was supposed to be a nudge toword the docs...

Term::ReadKey doesn't mention that it needs a file handle to do it's reading, have you tried without opening the $fh yourself, and just letting it default to using the current TTY?

As for your nobody-logged-in issue, would it not be possible to spawn your perl scrpt from /etc/inittab? Then you will have everything you need set up (without having to log a user in via getty)

Also, have you managed to get the module to behave the way you want on a box with a display? (it'll make debugging easier atleast)

@_=qw; ask f00li5h to appear and remain for a moment of pretend better than a lifetime;;s;;@_[map hex,split'',B204316D8C2A4516DE];;y/05/os/&print;

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