At 00.32 98.01.22, Wade Williams wrote: >So, before opening the file, I do: > >$/="0x0A"; > >And.....I get the whole file in one line again. Try: print "0x0A"; And you might see your problem. :-) Try: $/ = "\x0A"; or: $/ = "\012"; -- Chris Nandor pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ %PGPKey=('B76E72AD',[1024,'0824 090B CE73 CA10 1FF7 7F13 8180 B6B6']) #== MacPerl: Power and Ease ==# #== Publishing Date: Early 1998. http://www.ptf.com/macperl/ ==# ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch