>how do i convert the document to mac format (\n). i tried: > >while(<FILE>) { > $_ = s/\r/\n/g; > } > > >but it doesn't work. please help. What Paul and Chris said. And since the ~ is missing from above wouldn't it be expected to fail anyway? Another reason to leave out the redundant $_ -Chris Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology "Information wants to be free." UC Berkeley * Kane Lab 614 Barker Hall ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org