foreach my $line (@rows) { $line =~ s/\t/\x09/ig; $line =~ s/\n/\x0A/ig; $line =~ s/\r/\x0D/ig; $line =~ s/"/'/ig; print FILE "\"$line\","; $cell++; } #### perl -le '$cat = "cat"; if ($cat =~ /\143\x61\x74/) { print "Its a cat!\n"; } else { print "Thats a dog\n"; }'