Perl - delay using eval?

[Badgerpoo]

I'm trying to program a counter that will still allow keyboard input, say something that counts down 5 seconds but still allows you to perform some other function in the meantime. Any ideas?

 

[malef!c]

How about using a while loop?
Not 100% sure that it would do what you want but may be worth a stab!

while(1)
{
wait for something to happen;
sleep 5000;
}

where the 5000 is the delay?

 

[JIM_BOB7813]

You will need to fork or run a separate thread if you wanna use sleep and be able to accept keyboard input I think.