Re: perl script
On Jul 17, Ben Gertzfield wrote
> >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Schmitz <mschmitz@coinet.com> writes:
>
> Mike> I upgraded my system to hamm recently, and I am having
> Mike> trouble with a script I have been using to create
> Mike> invoices. The error message is:
>
> Mike> ------ Snip ------
>
> Mike> mike:~$ invoice -n Illegal character \015 (carriage return)
> Mike> at /home/mschmitz/bin/invoice line 3. (Maybe you didn't
> Mike> strip carriage returns after a network transfer?)
>
> Mike> ------ Snip ------
>
> Mike> The only transfers this script has gotten have been
> Mike> accomplished by cp. If I put a # at the end of line 3, the
> Mike> error just moves up one. Has anyone seen/solved this error?
>
> Perl 5.004 does not allow DOS carriage returns at the end of line.
> You will have to go through and remove all the ^Ms from the script.
>
> (an easy way to do that would be to 'pico filename', then just save)
>
I don't have pico, and usually use only vim. Vim showed no ^M's so I was
fairly satisfied that they did not exist. I started looking at the file
in other editors on my system, ae & xedit, ae showed none, but xedit saw
them big as life. Is vim now trying to be compatible with M$?!! I may
have to find a new editor.
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