use: $var =~ s/\xA7/x/; or
open(INFILE, "o_\xA75_Meldung.htm") or die "cant open file $!\n"; Eugene Haimov -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: open file with special char � Hi, I try to open a file on windows nt, with active perl 583. The filename contains the special char � e.g. o_�5_Meldung.htm. open(INFILE, "o_�5_Meldung.htm") or die "cant open file $!\n"; results in this error message: cant open file No such file or directory I cannot even replace this char with $var =~ s/\�/x/; Any ideas?? p.s. it works fine within cygwin. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
