Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > > $output_file =~ s/\r//g; > # chomp only removes linefeed characters \n > > # BTW, there is no such thing as a newline; > # it is either a linefeed: \n ASCII LF 0x0A > # or a carriage return: \r ASCII CR 0x0D
"\n" is inherited from the C programming language and is the newline escape sequence. On Unix and Unix-like systems the newline is equivalent to the ASCII line feed character but on other systems it could be one or more different characters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
