11:28am, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: > Yep, Rob, you're right on the money: > centernet:/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/cacti8/scripts # head -1 webhits.pl > weatherbug.pl|hexdump -c > 0000000 = = > w e b h i t s . p l < > 0000010 = = \n # ! / u s r / l o c a l / > 0000020 b i n / p e r l \r \n \n = = > w > 0000030 e a t h e r b u g . p l < = = > 0000040 \n # ! / u s r / l o c a l / b i > 0000050 n / p e r l \n > 0000058
This is more of a Unix trick than Perl, but worth mentioning (I guess): An(other) easy way to check for normally unprintable characters is to "send your cat to the vet". cat -vet weatherbug.pl -v show most non-printing characters -e show end-of-line characters -t show tabs as ^I Paul Archer Sun Solaris instructor and all-around geek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
