Re: Detecting 'binary' in a variable

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Re^2: Detecting 'binary' in a variable by dbwiz (Curate) on Jul 05, 2005 at 18:19 UTC
Not always `$ perl -le '{local$/; $_=<>;}print /^[\x00-\xA5]/ ? "binary" : "text" +' \ /mnt/win/WINDOWS/system32/command.com text` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Detecting 'binary' in a variable by Transient (Hermit) on Jul 05, 2005 at 18:23 UTC
That's correct, but that's not the same regexp: `/^[\x00-\xA5]/` [download] ne `/[^\x00-\xA5]/` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Detecting 'binary' in a variable by dbwiz (Curate) on Jul 05, 2005 at 18:31 UTC
Sorry. My fault. But then, again, any text with accented vowels (à,è etc., in Italian, French, Spanish) will look like binary.	[reply]
Re^5: Detecting 'binary' in a variable by Transient (Hermit) on Jul 05, 2005 at 18:36 UTC
Re^2: Detecting 'binary' in a variable by kirbyk (Friar) on Jul 05, 2005 at 18:01 UTC
Thanks, that regex does the trick. -- Kirby, WhitePages.com	[reply]