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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
## Demonstration of using a scalar to queue input to a child process
use strict;
use IPC::Run qw( start timeout );
die "usage: $0 <num>\n\nwhere <num> is a positive integer\n" unless @ARGV;
my $i = shift;
die "\$i must be > 0, not '$i'" unless $i =~ /^\d+$/ && $i > 0;
my ( $in, $out );
my $h = start ['bc'], \$in, \$out, timeout(5);
$in = "a = i = $i ; i\n";
while () {
$out = '';
$h->pump until $out =~ s/.*?(\d+)\n/$1/g;
print "bc said: $out\n";
if ( $out > $i ) {
print "result = $out\n";
$in = undef;
last;
}
elsif ( $out == '1' ) {
## End of calculation loop, get bc to output the result
$in = "a\n";
}
else {
$in = "i = i - 1 ; a = a * i ; i\n";
}
}
$h->finish;
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