$str = "ab\rcd\nef\ngh\fij";
$str =~ s{ ([^[:print:]]) }{ sprintf( "(%#2X)", ord $1) }gex;
----> ab(0XD)cd(0XA)ef(0XA)gh(0XC)ij
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Matt <matt.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am receiving log entries as a string and then writing them to a file
> with the date tacked on beginning. Problem is that sometimes the
> string I receive contains \n and it makes parsing the file with grep
> more difficult. Looking for a simple way to replace all \n in the
> string with text <CR> or something of that sort.
>
> It might be even better yet to replace all characters that are not
> directly printable with there HEX equivalent since I only need
> readable text log info on one line. Is there an easy way to do that?
>
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