Click here to get back home

FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
 Home | NewsGroups | Search | About
Login Password
Register Now! Lost Password?
 comp.lang.perl.misc    Post an article   get this group's latest topics as an RSS feed add this group's latest topics to your My MSN content add this group's latest topics to your My Yahoo content
Subject Author Date
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? PerlFAQ Server 07-24-2005
Get Chitika Premium
Posted by PerlFAQ Server on July 24, 2005, 4:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> > if I print "$1\n",
>> > the file prints just fine. But, if I do something like print "$1 after
>> > \n", the whole output is messed up. If I print "before $1\n", nothing
>> > prints at all. If I print "before $1 after\n", only after prints.
>>
>> not really sure, but could be a rogue "\r" in $1,


> There
> is a rogue carriage return (0xd) in the string

> Is there something I can do to deal with this
> situation?


Repair the corrupted file:

perl -p -i -e 'tr/\r//d' bad_file


--
Tad McClellan SGML consulting
tadmc@augustmail.com Perl programming
Fort Worth, Texas

Similar ThreadsPosted
FAQ 5.13: How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? December 24, 2004, 6:03 am
FAQ 5.13 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? February 15, 2005, 6:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? May 8, 2005, 11:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? October 9, 2005, 4:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? November 27, 2005, 5:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? December 19, 2005, 11:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? April 23, 2006, 9:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? July 28, 2006, 3:03 pm
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? November 21, 2006, 9:03 am
FAQ 5.14 How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out? January 1, 2007, 9:03 pm

Our other projects:

Art Dolls, Fairies and Mermaids - Sunnyfaces.net

Roy's Linux, Programming and Search Engines messages

1-Script XML SitemapXML Sitemap