Re: [MacPerl] Problem with record separator?

[Lindsay Davies <Lindsay@pobox.com>]

>I'm having a strange problem reading in a file.
>
>I read in the file, and the whole thing gets stuffed into $_ as one line.
>
>Ok, no problem, says I.  The record separator is just wrong since I'm on a
>Mac.  I check the file out with a hex editor, and find 0x0A is what's
>separating the lines.
>
>So, before opening the file, I do:
>
>$/="0x0A";
>
>And.....I get the whole file in one line again.

The syntax is

	$/="\x0A";

Lindsay



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