It is funny, out of that entire post I did not see a valid recommendation at all. All I saw was bashing of others recomendations.

An easy (but not fool proof) way of distinguishing between a text file or a binary file is use the ready-made -B file check operator. Or the -T (depending on which way your flag flies). 

print "File is binary\n" if (-B);
print "File is a text file\n" if (-T);

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or if you are a "NOT" guy/girl the following might suit your fancy. 
print "File is binary\n" if (!-T);
print "File is a text file\n" if (!-B);

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Hope that helps some.

In reply to Re: Re: Getting File Type using Regular Expressions by Anonymous Monk
in thread Getting File Type using Regular Expressions by bkiahg

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