Student Of Perl wrote: > > Hi there, Hello,
> i have very strange problem. > I have a simple script which I run > on Windows98 (PC) and it > executed properly. But when I > sent it to someboday by email > who uses Unix ; it give error. > > The first 3 lines of the script are > comments in following format. > > # comment1 > # comment2 > # comment3 .. > > "the script starts here" > > the two dots after 3rd comments are AS IT IS in > the script. After the 3rd line ; there is one blank > line. And after that blank line the sctual script > starts. So the error given by Perl is that > > "Illegal character \015 (carriage return) at sample.pl line 4." > > In fact the line number 4 is blank(and yes it is carriage > return). But then why should it give error? By the way > sample.pl is the name of the script file. The script runs > properly on my Windows98 but gives above error on > Unix machine. By the way on my Windows98 machine > I use ActivePerl ; I dont know about what Perl interpreter > is used on that remote Unix machine. But anyway I > am surprised to see that just because I left a blank line > the Perl should give error? On the contrary Perl is said > to be quite flexible and forgiving language. And also > I have never come across such an error before myself. > Also the "#" is the first character in all the 3 comments > > Pls answer. Its very confusing situation. Once again ; > I have Win98 and using ActivePerl of ActiveState. > I typed my script in simple DOS editor. On Unix there is a utility called dos2unix (IIRC) that can convert DOS text to Unix text, if not then s/he can use the tr program: tr -d '\015' < sample.pl > newsample.pl On the Windows side you could use a programming editor (like UltraEdit) that can save files in the Unix text format. AFAIK Perl can run files on Windows in this format. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
