I want to read a field of char(32) type, from an informix database table.And contents of this field, is in encrypted form.So it contains, new line characters also. I want to dump contents from this field(as it is) into a single variable and later use the same, for decrypting it.

Part of what i have done is , as follows , But it is'nt working as intended because of new line characters.

open (ki_file, ">ki_file.txt") or
            die ("\n\nCould not open file. $!\n\n");  
# Open file to dump ki_token from table
print "\n ki_file.txt opened for output\n";

undef $/;            # Undefining end of record character

$stmt = "SELECT ki from imsi_period where imsi_id=346 "; 
# ki is field, containing encrypted data
$sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);
$sth->{ChopBlanks} = 1;
$sth->execute();
$sth->bind_col(1,\$ki_token,{TYPE => SQL_CHAR});
while ($sth->fetch) {
         # print $ki_token;
           print ki_file ($ki_token);
           print "Ki_Token is written to ki_file.txt."
       }

$/ = "\n";           # Restore end of record character for normal beha
+viour later

close (ki_file);     # Close file 

......

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