in reply to file not being split at new lines

Was the JS file last edited on the same machine you're writing a script to edit it on? You might have a different line-ending. Windows uses \n\r, Unix uses \n, and Mac uses \r. You might have to set $\ to the right value for it to automatically split the incoming data.

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Re^2: file not being split at new lines
by ysth (Canon) on Mar 17, 2005 at 08:39 UTC
    \r\n, not \n\r, and only classic Macs use \r IIRC.
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