FAQ 8.42 How do I make a system() exit on control-C?

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FAQ 8.42 How do I make a system() exit on control-C?	PerlFAQ Server	10-11-2005

Posted by PerlFAQ Server on October 11, 2005, 4:03 am

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>> [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

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