What do you mean empty? I tried it, it works. When I open the file it adds the 1 as the last character of the file. So when I chop it the 1 gets deleted.
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:00:36 -0400, "David T-G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Kyle -- > > ...and then Kyle Babich said... > % > % Nevermind, I spoke to soon. I just "chop()"ed the 1 off to fix it. > > Um, now it's empty... > > bash-2.05a$ cat patient.records > "Electronic patient records are becoming tologically > reified entities that play the role of epistemic patient > analogues in information space." > > "Health information, > privacy, confidentiality and ethics," Eike-Henner W. Kluge, > "International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing, > vol. 35 (Suppl. 1) (1994), pp. 23-7 > bash-2.05a$ \ > > perl -e '$content=open(F,"patient.records"); \ > > print "HERE IT COMES\n"; print $content ; \ > > print "THERE IT WAS\n"; close(F);' > HERE IT COMES > 1THERE IT WAS > bash-2.05a$ \ > > perl -e '$content=open(F,"ppatient.records"); \ > > print "HERE IT COMES\n"; print $content ; chop $content; \ > > print "THERE IT WAS\n"; close(F);' > HERE IT COMES > THERE IT WAS > > Just what were you planning to do with $content anyway? > > > HTH & HAND > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's > principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune > cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl > Npg! > -- Kyle -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
