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in reply to Re^2: OS X troubleshooting help needed - parse filename & open file
in thread OS X troubleshooting help needed - parse filename & open file

elef:

He ran it and replies:

tony-******-macbook-pro:~ tony******$ perl --version This is perl, v5.8.8 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level (with 4 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) <<snip>> tony-******-macbook-pro:~ tony******$ perl m.perl Name "main::FILE" used only once: possible typo at m.perl line 27. Drag and drop a file here: /Users/tony******/Desktop/x.txt Invalid type 'W' in unpack at m.perl line 12, <STDIN> line 1. Now, regarding your concern about extra bytes... plausible: Note the space after x.txt... the square is probably my cursor.

Notes: (1) I anonymized his post by replacing his last name with asterisks, and (2) He included a screenshot that shows a blank after x.txt, which he alludes to in the last line. So his results agrees with the testing that you and louis.roca performed.

...roboticus