#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; open F, '<', 'notes.txt_error' or die "Open output file failed: $!"; my $row; my $line; $row = 0; while () { chomp; $line = $_; $row++; if ( $line =~ /([[:cntrl:]])/ ) { my $c = $1; printf "%u : ||%s||\n", $row, $line; printf "\t : ||%s||\n", ord ($c); print "---------------------------"; } } close F;