Jasmine
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Jan 19, 2001, 3:36 PM
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How do I handle binary data correctly?
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(From the Perl FAQ)
How do I handle binary data correctly?
Perl is binary clean, so this shouldn't be a problem. For example, this works fine (assuming the files are found): if (`cat /vmunix` =~ /gzip/) {
print "Your kernel is GNU-zip enabled!\n";
}
If you're concerned about 8-bit ASCII data, then see the perllocale manpage.
If you want to deal with multibyte characters, however, there are some gotchas. See the section on Regular Expressions.
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