I haven't much technical knowledge on this point, but someone gave me a nice little piece of code which always sets my records straight. So I'll pass it along
#!/usr/bin/perl -w $/ = "\x1d\x0a"; while ( my $rec = <> ) { chomp $rec; print "$rec\x1d"; } If it works for you, great! And thanks to the original source, who I would acknowledge, if I knew who it was. JJ -----Original Message----- From: Reese, Terry [mailto:terry.re...@oregonstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:03 PM To: perl4lib@perl.org Subject: MARC::Record / MARC::File::XML bug when fields contain newlines? I wanted to follow up on this message (saw it through the digest). New lines actually are invalid characters in a USMARC record. There are a number of characters that are not allowed, and these happen to be two of them. Essentially, MARC fields cannot be multi-line. This is why MarcEdit's MARCengine automatically will sanitize this data away during the breaking process and why records in the mnemonic format cannot be multi-lined. --TR -----Original Message----- From: perl4lib-digest-h...@perl.org [mailto:perl4lib-digest-h...@perl.org] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:31 AM To: perl4lib@perl.org Subject: perl4lib Digest 12 Jan 2012 16:31:25 -0000 Issue 479 perl4lib Digest 12 Jan 2012 16:31:25 -0000 Issue 479 Topics (messages 2952 through 2953): MARC::Record / MARC::File::XML bug when fields contain newlines? 2952 by: arvinporthog.lycos.com 2953 by: Jon Gorman Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: <perl4lib-digest-subscr...@perl.org> To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: <perl4lib-digest-unsubscr...@perl.org> To post to the list, e-mail: <perl4lib@perl.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Queens Library: * QueensLibrary.org http://www.queenslibrary.org/ * Facebook http://www.facebook.com/queenslibrarynyc * Twitter http://www.twitter.com/queenslibrary * LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/queens-library * Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/116278397527253207785 * Foursquare https://foursquare.com/queenslibrary * YouTube http://www.youtube.com/queenslibrary * Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/qbpllid/ * Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/58240.Queens_Library * Tumblr http://queenslibrary.tumblr.com/ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.