Hi ppl,

Got a really weird problem, which comes and goes but is upsetting my perl output.

Code snippet

sub cheat {
my $cheatfile = "/home/cheatsheets/$prefix.txt";
open( INFO, $cheatfile );
@lines = <INFO>;
close(INFO);

foreach (@lines){
print $_;
}
}
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##above stores and prints file contents to screen

my $counter = 0;
while($counter <= 1){
$session->exp->interact(\*STDIN,"\cA");
my $exit = qx(cat $showlog);
    if ($exit =~ /exit|quit|logout|Inactivity/){
    print colored("logfile:$showlog\n",'yellow');
    die;
    ++$counter;
    }
&cheat;
$session->exp->send("\r\n");
}
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#the above hands session to user..... and loops until it finds an exit|logout or quit in the logfile then quits
#in the meantime whilst in interact mode the user can press cntrl + a and it prints the files contents by calling the subroutine.

This all works fine... however the output of the file changes

correct output

networks>
adslc -s -s 1________________________line status [card mode]
adslc -s -e 1________________________line errors [card mode]
networks>
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incorrect output

networks>
adslc -s -s 1________________________line status [card mode]
                                                            adslc -s -
+e 1________________________line errors [card mode]
networks>
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i can press cntrl + a any number of times and randomly the output will distort from the normal format like above.

Anyone know a possible cause? Tried all kinds of workarounds and come to the conclusion that anytime a "\n" is used in the loop, this distortion occurs every so often. The next line in the file prints at the end of the previous line but on a newline, if that makes sense :s

i.e.
line1
       line2
              line3
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Would be very greatful for the help

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