hey, i wanna make a perl script that will convert those stupid "\r\n" dos newlines to good unix "\n" newlines...=) the problem isn't really a perl problem, but a general programming problem that i've always kinda wondered about.
so i guess what i'm gunna do is open the file, read in a line, search for "\r\n", if its there, replace it with just "\n", then write the new (edited) line to a new file. my problem is this...if the file is 10 megs, then not only is the program gunna read a 10 meg file, but write one as well. is there not a better way to do this? i can't really remove the "\r" in situ because as far as i understand, a file is just an array of bytes and if i remove the "\r", i'd have to shift everything else down one byte. thanks for the tips, -- christopher -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
