The problem is its unclear, its always better to be clear in code. It will also remove any formatting from the end of lines. If you wanted to be just as crude you can use chomp.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 September 2007 13:37 To: beginners@perl.org Cc: Andrew Curry Subject: Re: how to remove ^M character from every line Andrew Curry wrote: > > From: Beginner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On 3 Sep 2007 at 17:26, divya wrote: >>> >>> A file generated on Windows machine is used on linux m/c while scripting. >>> A sample line from the file is as shown: >>> >>> //-------------------------------------------------------^M >>> File name : project_name^M >>> ..... >>> >>> Now in the perl script how can I remove ^M without running the >>> command dos2unix. >>> >>> Note: Trying to split the line whenever ^ detected is not working. >>> >>> Looking forward for your response. >> >> I use s/\s+$//; > > That will just remove all space (\s+$) at the end of the file. \r \n > are different No they're not. /\s/ matches HT, LF, FF, CR and space. Dermot's is a very good way of trimming all combinations of CR and LF, as long as you're not interested in trailing whitespace characters. Rob This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see www.thepagroup.com. This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the sender and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
