Hi. I'm getting the following hidden characters
at the start of a string after I pass in variables from the command line. I only noticed this when I set -x in my KSH script. Can anybody tell me how this happens and how to remove them?
Many thanks.
I made a small change to a UNIX script. When I tried to run it I received the following message:
/bin/ksh: ^M: not found
/bin/ksh: ^M: not found
/bin/ksh: ^M: not found
As ^M is a non printing character, I don't know how to discover where it is missing. How can I correct thiis... (2 Replies)
Hello all,
I have two files, that I suspect may contain hidden characters (EG, three spaces instead of a tab). Does anyone know of any tool that can display this (I have tried using diff, but I'm not quite sure it would do the job) (6 Replies)
Hello All,
I'm trying to parse through a file and display all the hidden characters, including all carriage and line returns. I usually use cat -v, but this doesn't display the carriage and line returns. Does anyone know how this can be done?
Thanks
Khoom (5 Replies)
Can anyone seem to know how to find out whether a UNIX text file has 'hidden' control characters?
Can I view them using 'vi' by some command line options?
If there are control characters in a text file which are invisible/hidden.. then how do I get rid of them?
Your intelletual answers are... (6 Replies)
Hello everybody.
Im really new in shell scripting. Im working with RedHat 4.
I have begin to do some scripts to test the posibilitys but Im fancing a disturbing problem.
some times the lines that I write add the return character or end-of-file ascii character to the command or argument tha... (2 Replies)
I know that cat -v will show me hidden characters in a file....
I for some reason seem to think that there's a bash command that will show me hidden characters in a variable in a script? Or am I just imagining it?
Thanks in advance (8 Replies)
I am completely new to perl programming. My father is helping me learn said programming language. However, I am stuck on one of the assignments he has given me, and I can't find very much help with it via google, either because I have a tiny attention span, or because I can be very very dense.
... (4 Replies)
Hello everyone.
When I copy some configuration settings string from MS_Word to putty from my personal pc to a remote machine, it appears that I copy some hidden symbols, which at first, cannot be seen and appear as hidden. Some java programs did not start, and after investigation I found that:
... (3 Replies)
Hello.
I use this command :
rsync -av --include=".*" --dry-run "$A_FULL_PATH_S" "$A_FULL_PATH_D"The data comes from the output of a find command.
And no full source directories are in use, only some files.
Source example... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jcdole
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
mac::types
Types(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Types(3)NAME
Mac::Types - Macintosh Toolbox Types and conversions.
DESCRIPTION
Access to Inside Macintosh is essential for proper use of these functions. Explanations of terms, processes and procedures are provided
there. Any attempt to use these functions without guidance can cause severe errors in your machine, including corruption of data. You have
been warned.
Functions
MacPack [ CONVERTERS ...] CODE, DATA ...
Convert a perl value into a Mac toolbox type. Predefined codes are:
TEXT
Text (an identity operation).
enum
type
keyw
A 4-byte string.
bool
A boolean.
shor
A short integer.
long
A long integer.
sing
A single precision float.
doub
A double precision float.
magn
An unsigned long.
qdrt
A QuickDraw "Rect".
'STR '
A pascal style string.
'STR#'
A string list.
'fss '
A file specification record.
You can pass further code mappings as hash references.
MacUnpack [ CONVERTERS ...] CODE, DATA
Convert a Mac toolbox type into a perl value. Predefined codes are as for "MacPack". You can pass further code mappings as hash
references.
XS Functions
Debugger [ MSG ]
Break into MacsBug. Don't use this if you don't know what MacsBug is.
AUTHOR
Written by Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeracher@mac.com>. Currently maintained by Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>.
perl v5.18.2 2017-10-06 Types(3)