I assume you have RHEL3, given that version of Perl. There is a bug in that Perl that shows up when reading data from a file. It's releated to unicode. RHEL3's default locale is 'lang.UTF8'. If you set the LANG to 'C' before running your script, it works around that particular problem. You can't do $ENV{LANG}='C'; in your script; by then it's too late. You have to do something like this (example in bash): 

> export LANG=C
> perl myscript.pl

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So you could write a bash wrapper that did that as a workaround.

Unfortunately, bugzilla.redhat.com is down at the moment or I'd chase down the entry for you. The last I heard, it was supposed to be fixed in update 3. I have just confirmed that that is the problem here.

If you can't get by with a bash wrapper, I suggest that you build Perl yourself from source.

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers

In reply to Re: Help with RC4 by hbo
in thread Help with RC4 by jmamer

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