On Apr 9, Michael Gargiullo said:
>While asking a few questions to run a script. How can I give a default >answer? > >print "File to use:"; >chomp(my $question = <STDIN>); Most programs do it like so: my $default = "/foo/bar/blat"; print "File to use? [$default] "; chomp(my $question = <STDIN>); $question = $default if $question eq ''; _________ Ok cool... as I waited for an answer, that's pretty much what I did. I was wondering if there was a more elegant solution. This works just fine though. Thanks everyone. -Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]