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knezi
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Dec 6, 2012, 9:24 AM

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cat with pipe	Can't Post

Hello,
I want to do this https://github.com/ktoso/sidewinder-x6-linux-macro-key-events/blob/master/run.sh in perl. I've tried this:

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print <>;

It's work with other files (cat blabla), but with file /sys/kernel/debug/usb/usbmon/2u not.
Do you know what to do?
Thank you,
Knezi

(This post was edited by knezi on Dec 6, 2012, 9:26 AM)

FishMonger
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Dec 6, 2012, 11:50 AM

Post #2 of 7 (1336 views)

Re: [knezi] cat with pipe [In reply to]	Can't Post

That's a useless use of cat example, which you shouldn't do. It's a sign of bad perl coding.

If you provide more details on what you really need to accomplish, we will be able to show you a better approach.

Laurent_R
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Dec 6, 2012, 2:59 PM

Post #3 of 7 (1327 views)

Re: [FishMonger] cat with pipe [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

I totally agree (even though I did not understand everything in what the OP was contemplating to to).

knezi
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Dec 8, 2012, 10:53 AM

Post #4 of 7 (1285 views)

Re: [Laurent_R] cat with pipe [In reply to]	Can't Post

I want to read output of keyboard connected with usb. Script "cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/usbmon/2u | perl_file" runs in background and gives output to script in perl which would works with it. Have you got any ideas?
Thank you.

FishMonger
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Dec 8, 2012, 11:12 AM

Post #5 of 7 (1282 views)

Re: [knezi] cat with pipe [In reply to]	Can't Post

What kind of keyboard?

For now I'll assume you mean your computer keyboard.

When you press a key on the keyboard, it sends the data to STDIN and that's the filehandle that you read from to get that keyboard input.

If that's not what you're looking for, then you'll need to explain in more clear detail what you need.

FishMonger
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Dec 8, 2012, 11:15 AM

Post #6 of 7 (1281 views)

Re: [knezi] cat with pipe [In reply to]	Can't Post

If you need to communicate with other types of usb devices, then use one of the usb modules, such as Device::USB::Device
http://search.cpan.org/~gwadej/Device-USB-0.35/lib/Device/USB/Device.pm

(This post was edited by FishMonger on Dec 8, 2012, 11:16 AM)

knezi
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Dec 8, 2012, 12:21 PM

Post #7 of 7 (1275 views)

Re: [FishMonger] cat with pipe [In reply to]	Can't Post

I've got Sidewinder X6.

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When you press a key on the keyboard, it sends the data to STDIN and that's the filehandle that you read from to get that keyboard input.

It's exactly what I am looking for.

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