On 4/3/02 4:02 PM, Pedro A Reche Gallardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I have a cgi script that uploads files but I have found that when > those files are uploaded from a Mac or Windows the return character > (maybe other characters too) are replaced by something else. Does any > one know how to avoid this? or alternatively, how can I translate > those characters into the unix equivalents Mac, Unix, and Windows all use different new-line characters. On a Mac, it's \015, on Unix it's \012, and on Windows it's \015\012 (If you can't decide, use both!). If you try to open a file from one system on another, you'll get 1 or 2 garbage characters each line. You can quite easily convert files from one to the other like so: $data =~ s/\015\012/\015/g; Assuming $data is the slurped-up contents of a DOS file, that will convert it to to Mac-style linebreaks. <insert lecture about slurping up all the contents a file into one variable, instead of looping through line by line> hth, -- Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
