Re: reading binary files with Perl

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Depending on your OS, another problem is the lack of binmode. Add binmode(FH) after the open so that Perl doesn't mess with the data. Not all OSes require binmode, but it's safe to use binmode on all OSes.

Oh and I'd use l instead of i. i is not guaranteed to be 4 bytes.

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Re^2: reading binary files with Perl by jpk1292000 (Initiate) on Nov 16, 2006 at 19:09 UTC
Got it working. Thanks for help. My problem was two-fold. I wasn't using the correct record length, and I wasn't using bin mode. Once I fixed these two issues, it worked.	[reply]

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