Re^2: Problems with converting raw data to text

Many thanks for your solution of my problem. It Works!

But I don't understand the magic used in that line. Could you please explain that for me?

$payload =~ s/[^[:print:]]/./g;

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Re^3: Problems with converting raw data to text by bv (Friar) on Dec 08, 2009 at 16:55 UTC
The `[:print:]` is a character class matching printable characters. See Character Classes and other Special Escapes for more about character classes. So the statement replaces all non-printable characters with periods. `@_=qw; Just another Perl hacker,; ;$_=q=print "@_"= and eval;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]