Hi all, I have a problem with one very simple task. I run a scheduled script that checks an application server log for some regExp and stores the end of the file (tell/seek) to continue checking the log from the place it finished before. The problem is that from time to time the server is dropping a line that makes the script stop there (thinks it is an EOF or something)! it is a huge line with some strange unformatted text, even when I try to copy/paste it in textpad i get: "cann't copy ... containing null (code = 0) character". What can I do? I can't bypass this line! here is a main loop code: 
while (<LOGFILE>)

{

    #print "$_";
    # Found the "PWorld.dumper - total" string in one of the lines
    if ($_ =~ /(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}).+PWorld\.dumper - total/)
    {
        $sec = $3;
        $min = $2;
        $hour = $1;
        $tempTime  = timelocal($sec,$min,$hour,$day,$mon-1,$year);
        
        if ($storedDumpLastTime != 0)
        {
            $delta = ($tempTime - $storedDumpLastTime);    # delta in 
+seconds!
            $lastTime = scalar localtime($storedDumpLastTime);
            $currTime = scalar localtime($tempTime);
            $cmdDumpDelta = "opcmon $tag=$delta -object dumpDelta -opt
+ion lasttime=\"$lastTime\" -option currtime=\"$currTime\"";
        }
        
        $storedDumpLastTime = $tempTime;
        $dumpedToday = 1;
    }
    #print "line: $_";
}
# Store the EOF in the configuration file as the next start point
$storedCurrPlace = tell(LOGFILE);
close(LOGFILE);

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In reply to null character problem by leonidlm

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