Perl, text files, & \r

[Christopher Rath]

Max, thanks for the pointer.  While your specific thought isn't
correct---that Perl somehow translates "\n" when dealing with $\ or
$/---double checking my understanding did cause me to stumble upon the
solution: use of the 'binmode' command.

If I modify my code as follows, it will work under both UNIX and
Windows/MS-DOS:
Instead of
	while(<>) {
		# do some funky stuff
		print $_;
	}
Write:
	binmode ARGV;
	while(<>) {
		# do some funky stuff
		print $_;
	}
and all will be well.

I think this should be in the Cygwin FAQ.  Why this works can be found on
pp. 53-55 and 147 of "Programming Perl 2nd Ed.".

Cheers,
Christopher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Max Bowsher [ mailto:max@bowshernet.freeserve.co.uk ]
Sent: 7 July, 2001 17:35
To: Cygwin Maillist
Subject: Re: Perl, text files, & \r

> I've tried forcing $\ to "\n", but that didn't help.
Read the perl docs! "\n" in a $\ or $/ context is automagically translated
into the default system line ending by perl. Using an octal code should
avoid this, I think.

Max.


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