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At any time you can remove the "use CGI ... 2. environment control variables 3. the importcontrol parameters 4 ... cookies; environment variables (max 60 chars in value). ... [2] Package Win32::GUI::Textfield http://search.cpan.org/src/ACALPINI/Win32-GUI-0.0.558/docs/html/Textfield.html ... multiline => 0/1 (default 0) the control can have ... Limits the number of characters that the Textfield accept to CHARS, or returns the ... To remove the limit (eg. ... [3] /* File: freesubs.c * Author: Richard Durbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://search.cpan.org/src/LDS/AcePerl-1.74/ace/freesubs.c ... continuation */ { ++line ; while (isspace (*in = getc(fil))) ; / remove whitespace */ } else ... isprint (*in) && *in != '\t') /* ignore control chars, eg \x0d ... [4] <html> <head> </head><body><pre><html> <head> </ ... http://search.cpan.org/src/ILYAZ/Term-ReadLine-Perl-1.0203/CHANGES ... Word break chars more suitable for Perl ... Allow control-? ... readline::rl_getc added with the default value \&amp;readline::rl_getc 0.9907: remove defined() noise ... [5] 0.2: Test added. http://search.cpan.org/src/ILYAZ/Term-ReadLine-Perl-1.0202/CHANGES ... Word break chars more suitable for Perl. ... Allow control-? ... readline::rl_getc added with the default value \&readline::rl_getc 0.9907: remove defined() noise. ... [6] search.cpan.org: zoiduser - Extended user documentation for zoid http://search.cpan.org/~pardus/Zoidberg-0.40/man1/zoiduser.pod ... In theory you should be able to remove or replace ... bash(1). Also this syntax requires less chars to execute a ... you should use perl for things like flow control. ... [7] Win32::GUI methods http://search.cpan.org/src/ACALPINI/Win32-GUI-0.0.558/docs/methods.html ... To remove the limit (eg. ... which is 32k for a single-line Textfield and 64k for a multiline one) set CHARS to 0. ... Gets or sets the modified flag on the control. ... [8] <html> <head> </head><body><pre><html> <head> </ ... http://search.cpan.org/src/LDACHARY/Catalog-1.02/ChangeLog ... bin/convert_dmoz.PL: changed description from char(255) to ... Improved clarity and layout of control panel ... t/mysql.pl : create * Makefile.PL: remove test override ... [9] CHANGES for vcp - Version CoPy 0.3 - VSS Support added - bin/vcp ... http://search.cpan.org/src/RBS/VCP-0.3/CHANGES ... Sun Apr 15 15:56:32 EDT 2001 - Removed a couple ... and VCP::Dest::revml are now binary,control code, and ... than tab, line feed, space, or printable chars (32 <= c ... [10] #!/opt/perl5/bin/perl eval 'exec /opt/perl5/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+" ... http://search.cpan.org/src/TIMB/Oracle-OCI-0.06/h2xs ... if s/^$opt_p(?!\d)//; $_ } @fnames_no_prefix; # Remove macros which ... for macros for my $k (qw(char double float ... a constant is not found then control is passed ... Google Search, 10 results. Searched: Perl remove control chars [1] How do I remove control characters? [164831 categorized question ... http://perlmonks.thepen.com/164831.html ... Answer: How do I remove control characters ... but all you needed to make your pseudocode real perl code was ... Note that the control chars are \000 - \037 so these are ... [2] Answer: How do I remove control characters? [164953 categorized ... http://perlmonks.thepen.com/164953.html ... I remove control characters? tr/// is better but all you needed to make your pseudocode real perl code was: s/[^\040-\176]/ /g. Note that the control chars are ... [3] <html> <head> </head><body><pre>#!/usr/local/bin/perl # AUTHOR: ( ... http://www.cs.albany.edu/~mosh/Perl/clean <html> <head> </head><body><pre>#!/usr/local/bin/perl # AUTHOR: (C ... ' ; $USAGE = 'USAGE: clean [options] files SYNOPSIS: Remove control-chars, C Comments ... [4] Translate Characters with Perl http://www.users.voicenet.com/~corr/macsupt/macperl/translatechar.html ... We wanted to remove the control characters ... file (-p) and execute (-e) a line of perl that uses ... the set of numbers (ie, letters, spaces, control chars, etc.) or ... [5] CERT/CC How To Remove Meta-characters From User-Supplied Data In ... http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/cgi_metacharacters.html Examples in C and Perl. [6] Re: [MacPerl] Embedded Control Chars (fwd) http://bumppo.net/lists/macperl/1997/10/msg00169.html ... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mac Perl); Subject: Re: [MacPerl] Embedded Control Chars (fwd ... written to handle the various OS types this should remove the problem ... [7] How To Remove Meta-characters From User-Supplied Data In CGI ... http://lib.ru/SECURITY/cgisecure.txt ... The act of gaining this control is called "sanitizing" the ... in Perl: #!/usr/local/bin/perl $user_data = $ENV ... s/[\/ ;&\t]/_/g; # Remove bad characters ... [8] CVS log for swishe/swish-e/Attic/README http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/swishe/swish-e/Attic/README ... As stated by Rainer, an external filter can return control chars and should be removed. ... the doc generations scripts I'm including much of perl modules as ... [9] Regular Expressions: Perl Corner http://www.infocopter.com/perl_corner/perlre.htm ... wide hex char (Unicode SMILEY) \c[ control char \N{name ... Remove leading and trailing spaces (trim a string ... grep { $_ } split / /, $trimmed_string; Perl pre-parsed ... [10] <html> <head> </head><body><pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE--- ... http://www.arcert.gov.ar/webs/tips/cgi_metacharacters.txt ... The act of gaining this control is called " ... For instance, in Perl: #!/usr/local/bin/perl $user_data = $ENV{' ... <\>&\t]/_/g; # Remove bad characters ... -- Automated Google Searches from Casey West Questions or Problems? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
