timestamp in STDERR output

[IvorW]

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> From: Thomas Busch [mailto:tbusch at cpan.org]
> Sent: 29 June 2006 15:03
> To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers
> Subject: timestamp in STDERR output 
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> Hi all,
> 
> is it possible to redefine STDERR in such a way that
> you get a timestamp at the beginning of each line ?

It's a fairly simple filter:

bash% myprog 2| perl -n -e 'print scalar(localtime),' ',$_'