(...) but it isn't enough.

We both agree here. Perl is not our only producer of log files. I am aware of the possible workarounds, that in my case also implies performing substitutions in the logs as they are compressed and rotated as well as education for the fellow sysadmins.

I believe a complete answer to this problem requires a set of coordinated actions at different levels, that include fixing the terminal emulators themselves. However, it wouldn't be appropiate to bring such extraneous non-Perl thoughts to this sacred monastery ;-)

Thanks (and ++) for your valuable opinion, which happened to remind me of a patch I need to produce :-)

Best regards

-lem, but some call me fokat