equivalent command in Perl

[goude]

Hi everyone

In Bash you can print information while a command is running. For example you can do:

Start "Installing wine"

and you can see on the terminal the string Installing wine.

Does anyone know how can I do that in Perl?

Many thanks

Is

print

isn't it?

Sorry guys, ignore me, didn't have enough coffee this morning.

[Cabhan]

In Bash, I don't know about "Start", but "echo" does what you want.

Perl's "print" is the equivalent, but it is a tiny bit different. Most obviously, it does not automatically append a newline. Perl 6 has a command called "say" that does.

[KPolulak]

Yes, `print` is the most common function. There are a few other output functions like `printf` and `sprintf`. Find out how to use them with the `perldoc` command.

You really should use Google though for simple questions like this.