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in thread Converting UTF-16 files to UTF-8

Even with the change, I still don't get your result with ActivePerl 5.8.8 build 820 
>debug in
File not found
-e100 FF FE 14 01 14 01 14 01
-rcx
CX 0000
:8
-w
Writing 00008 bytes
-q

>perl 615796.pl in out

>debug out
-rcx
CX 0006
:
-d100 l6
137A:0100  C4 94 C4 94 C4 94
-q

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Re^4: Converting UTF-16 files to UTF-8
by demerphq (Chancellor) on May 17, 2007 at 18:10 UTC

    There was some bug in Ultraedit that lead to my confusion. When i used debug I got the correct response, and when i upgraded UE the bogus error went away. So it was just a phantom bug and not a perl problem at all. Thanks v. much for your help.

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