Hi, $string =~ s/\n/<br>/g; That line of code substitutes all linebreaks with "<BR>" in $string (which consists of the text written in a <textarea> tag). It works fine on UNIX, but not with MacPerl. MacPerl.Specifics says that "\n" on a Mac does not have the same ASCII number as "\n" on UNIX, and that might be the problem here. Anyway, can anyone tell me what that piece of code should look like on a Mac? Thanks /Jens Christoffersson