sub prompt ($;$) {
my($mess,$def)=@_;
- $ISA_TTY = -t STDIN && -t STDOUT ;
+ $ISA_TTY = -t STDIN && (-t STDOUT || !(-f STDOUT || -c STDOUT)) ; # Pipe?
Carp::confess("prompt function called without an argument") unless defined $mess;
my $dispdef = defined $def ? "[$def] " : " ";
$def = defined $def ? $def : "";
my $ans;
+ local $|=1;
+ print "$mess $dispdef";
if ($ISA_TTY) {
- local $|=1;
- print "$mess $dispdef";
chomp($ans = <STDIN>);
+ } else {
+ print "$def\n";
}
return $ans || $def;
}