Re^4: Directory checking on Windows XP

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Ah! Most interesting...! So now I'm curious about why, when I print out $entry, I don't see the LF. Does the \n metacharacter at the end of my print character string somehow obscure the LF in $entry?

I will explore that on my own, you have already given me so much of your time and I really will learn it better if I struggle with it myself.

ikegami, thank you.

ack Albuquerque, NM

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Re^5: Directory checking on Windows XP by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 22, 2008 at 06:34 UTC
Does the \n metacharacter at the end of my print character string somehow obscure the LF in $entry? The code you posted contains no variable named $entry. It's definitely possible that it's easy to overlook that `$var` ends with `\n` when doing `print("$var\n")`, but both `\n` will have an effect.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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