The problem was actually that octal characters should begin with '0' and be 7 bits
digits...
\0223 would not work, so you have to use the hexadecimal digit \x93
xg
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Hugh Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
� : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date : mercredi 16 f�vrier 2000 18:00
Objet : RE: Special characters
223 base 8 = 93 base 16.
s/\x92/\'/g;
s/\x93/\"/g;
s/\x94/\"/g;
Merci beaucoup.
--HAPS
(304) 870-1230
-----Original Message-----
From: Xavier GROSJEAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 11:27 AM
To: Hugh Pierce; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Special characters
Try :
s/\x93/\"/ ;
regards
xavier
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Hugh Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
� : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date : mercredi 16 f�vrier 2000 17:21
Objet : Special characters
>Using the lwp package to download files from one site in particular I
notice
>that it contains ^M's, which are removed with:
>
>s/\015$//;
>
>but it also has \223 and \224 which I want to replace with "
>
>This does not work:
>
>s/\223/\"/;
>
>--HAPS
