Devel::Autoflush(3)

NAME
Devel::Autoflush - Set autoflush from the command line

VERSION
version 0.06

SYNOPSIS
 perl -MDevel::Autoflush Makefile.PL

DESCRIPTION
This module is a hack to set autoflush for STDOUT and STDERR from the command line or from "PERL5OPT" for code that needs it but doesn't have it.

This often happens when prompting:

  # guess.pl
  print "Guess a number: ";
  my $n = <STDIN>;

As long as the output is going to a terminal, the prompt is flushed when STDIN is read. However, if the output is being piped, the print statement will not automatically be flushed, no prompt will be seen and the program will silently appear to hang while waiting for input. This might happen with 'tee':

  $ perl guess.pl | tee capture.out

Use Devel::Autoflush to work around this:

  $ perl -MDevel::Autoflush guess.pl | tee capture.out

Or set it in "PERL5OPT":

  $ export PERL5OPT=-MDevel::Autoflush
  $ perl guess.pl | tee capture.out

= SEE ALSO

•   CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::Autoflush -- same idea but STDOUT only and

    only available as part of the full CPANPLUS distribution

SUPPORT

  Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at <https://github.com/dagolden/Devel-Autoflush/issues>. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

  Source Code
This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

<https://github.com/dagolden/Devel-Autoflush>

  git clone https://github.com/dagolden/Devel-Autoflush.git

AUTHOR
David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004