in reply to Re: How to Remove Junk Characters
in thread How to Remove Junk Characters

Hi Monks,

Here are some sample junk characters 

Downloaded files Input  -- Original Output
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1. jury trial.  For his   -- jury trial.  For his  
2. Börries Ahrens      -- Börries Ahrens  
3. Aldejohann’s main     -- Mr. Aldejohann’s 
4. University of MĂĽnster -- University of Münster
5. the €625 million senior and €130  -- €625 million senior and €1
+30 
6. acquisition of a properties’  -- acquisition of a properties’
7. Westfield College – University  -- Westfield College – University
+ 
8. TelĂ©fonos  -- Teléfonos
9.(CelumĂłvil S -- (Celumóvil S
10. Dr. jur., 1990, with a dissertation on “Die Unabhängigkeit des 
+genossenschaftlichen Prüfungsverbandes” (“The Independence of th
+e Cooperative Inspection Association”) ---

Dr. jur., 1990, with a dissertation on "Die Unabhängigkeit des genosse
+nschaftlichen Prüfungsverbandes" ("The Independence of the Cooperativ
+e Inspection Association")

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Thanks,
Rajesh.K

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Re^3: How to Remove Junk Characters
by wfsp (Abbot) on Jan 06, 2006 at 19:56 UTC
    Change 
    my $file_cnt = $res->content;

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    to 
    my $file_cnt = $res->decoded_content;

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    See HTTP::Message for an explanation of the difference.

    Many thanks to the search artist kwapping for finding it and to tye for explaining it :-)

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