Re: [MacPerl] Changing Mac \r to Unix \n

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 18.02 -0500 1998.11.18, Oliver Moffat wrote:
>What is the best way to change the Mac \r to the Unix \n?

It depends on what \r and \n you are talking about.  First of all,
MacPerl's \r is the same as Unix's \n.  MacPerl's \n is different from
Unix's \n.


>Should I be writing "\012" instead of "\n" in my script?

It depends on the usage.

>What about multi-line quotes (ie. print FH qq~ lines and lines of
>blah...blah...blah ~; )?
>
>Or should I just stop worrying and let Fetch take care of all this?

Yes.  :)

Here is the scoop.

* In Internet socket communication, use \015 and \012, not \r and \n.

* In local files, use \n.

* When transferring text files, transfer them in TEXT/ASCII mode, and the
newlines will be transferred properly.

perlport.pod has a full discussion of these issues.  See it on CPAN, in
perl5.005, or on my MacPerl site (http://pudge.net/macperl/).

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