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> In message <OF47CC4F38.CF9B333E-ON8525682E.0054550B@trepp.com>, > Ben_Tilly@trepp.com writes: > > : Is there any possibility of having Perl's chomp() command be modified to > : recognize \n, \r, and \r\n as line-endings to chomp? A source of nasty > : confusion for people working in a cross-platform environment is when > : identical Perl scripts give very different results on the same exact file > : depending on whether you are running under *nix or Windows. (Particularly > : an issue with Samba because people wind up reading under one system files > : created under the other.) > > Have a look at <URL:http://language.perl.com/ppt/src/nlcvt/nlcvt> for > an example of how to do what you want (or at least something similar). When I said, "I talked to" I meant that. I don't need the pointer - I know how to handle it. But I wind up answering questions from people who do not. In my experience most of them use chomp() so the confusion is preventable. (After all you expect chomp() to get rid of line endings, right?) Cheers, BenThread Previous | Thread Next