try echo 'print "Hello Perl\n"' | perl perhaps you're thinking of pythons REPL ?
I sort of like perl -de 1 to interact with perl On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM Michael via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > After running cygwin-setup and updating all cygwin-packages, perl no > longer seems to work (or maybe a coincidence). > > Executing "perl" without any argument normally let perl wait for input > from stdin/keyboard. > But it immediately returns to the prompt (same behavior as 'echo ""'). > I can do > perl > perl -v > perl -e 'print "Hello Perl\n"' > > same result for all 3 of them (equal to 'echo ""'). > > $ which perl > /usr/bin/perl > > $ file `which perl` > /usr/bin/perl: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 12 > sections > > $ cygcheck -c perl > Cygwin Package Information > Package Version Status > perl 5.40.2-1 OK > > downgraded to previous version - same result. > > $ cygcheck -c perl > Cygwin Package Information > Package Version Status > perl 5.40.1-1 OK > > executing e.g. sed or awk return the "Usage:"-page as normal > any idea? > > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
