From:                   "Sedlacek, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ahoj Andy :-)
> I wrote a script to filter data from some large files. Everthing works
> fine however in one case it only read half the file. It stopped
> reading at a char 26 (decimal). I tried using sysread to read in each
> line,  which are a set length. It still stops reading at this
> character. What is this character? A ascii chart shows it as
> "substitute". How can I get Perl to read past it? It's a random
> occurance in these files. 

Did you binmode(FILEHANDLE)?

Jenda
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