User Input

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examples/scalars/read_from_stdin.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

print "Enter your name, please: ";
my $name = <STDIN>;
print "Hello $name - how are you ?\n";

• STDIN - Standard Input (usually it is the keyboard)
• Reading one line (till ENTER) from STDIN

$ perl examples/scalars/read_from_stdin.pl
Enter your name, please: Foo
Hello Foo
 - how are you ?

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