> -----Original Message----- > From: Parag Kalra [mailto:paragkalra@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 9:39 AM > To: Perl Beginners > Subject: Timeout for user input > > Hi, > > I have a requirement where I want to wait for user to input the data. > > However if user doesn't input the data within certain period of time > then it > should timeout and move ahead. > > TIA > > ~Parag Take a look at the IO::Select module (perldoc IO::Select). HTH, KenThread Previous | Thread Next