Re: [MacPerl] Reading PC files

[kamma@iname.com]

William B. Birkett wrote:
The difference between these files is

> that the Mac uses a CR as a line ending, whereas the PC uses a CR followed
> by a LF.
>
> I have opened PC files in BBedit, and re-saved them with Mac line endings,
> and they process fine.
>
> Is there a way to configure MacPerl to handle PC files?

couldn't you just tell macperl to remove the pc file's LF when you open it

ie
open (INFILE,"<$file");
while (<INFILE>);
$_ =~ s/\r(.*?)$/\r/g;
close INFILE;




im not sure the CR is a '\r', but you could get a binary viewer or something
and search and replace the octal equivalent.

>
>


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