Hi! I have read a lot of the entries and tried some of the techniques described but still I am lost.
I have a Red Hat 8 installation with Perl 5.8.0 installed. The environment sets Perl to use Unicode by default because I use British English as my language. I am trying to use the � (pound sterling) symbol in a script that produces both TEXT and HTML the html handles the Unicode fine, all the browsers seem to work. However, once the text file arrives on the Windowz box the Unicode � screws Excel. I have tried using "use bytes;" to force all output to byte encoding and the system still produces Unicode in the text file produced by capturing STDOUT. From what I read the IO layer is outputting Unicode. Can you help by suggesting a way to force a specific script to produce 'plain text' (That bit more than ASCII) or preferably to specifically output, via the IO layer, 'plain text' on specific occasions. Thanks in advance Frank *********************************************************************** This transmission contains information which may be confidential and which may also be privileged. It is intended for the named addressee only. Unless you are the named addressee, or authorised to receive it on behalf of the addressee you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please contact the sender. Thank you for your cooperation. *********************************************************************** For more information about AEA Technology please visit our website at http://www.aeat.co.uk AEA Technology plc registered office 329 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QJ. Registered in England and Wales, number 3095862.
