> -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Powell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:08 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Unix to dos; dos to unix... > > > There is a utility out there that will convert unix-style > end-of-lines (LF) > to dos-style (CR/LF)... > > Just for giggles, I'm trying to write a perl script to do this... > > Here's what I've tried... > > while (<INFILE>) { > $line = $_; > $line=~tr/\012/\015\012/; > print OUTFILE ("$line\n"); > } > > The problem is that the output, when viewed with notepad, contains > inappropriate line breaks... > > The same input file, when converted using the unix utility unix2dos, > converts "properly." This leads me to believe that I'm > missing something > obvious here.... > > I'm not asking for the answer per se, but perhaps a pointer?
tr/// doesn't do what you mean it to be doing here. Read the docs again on tr///. Also look at s///. Both found in: perldoc perlop -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
