Re^3: Perl prints junk before file

3 characters? Or 3 bytes? That would be weird bytes, judging by the sample output you posted... But maybe they got converted again, after the fact. So it could be a BOM marker after all.

You could try out File::BOM.

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Re^4: Perl prints junk before file by tkly (Initiate) on Feb 04, 2012 at 21:52 UTC
Yup this was the problem. It works now. Thank you!!	[reply]
Re^5: Perl prints junk before file by Anonymous Monk on Feb 05, 2012 at 06:13 UTC
Yup this was the problem. It works now. Thank you!! So which editor was it that confused you by adding BOM? Because it wasn't perl :)	[reply]


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