SPUG: Checking for ASCII files

Daryn Nakhuda daryn at marinated.org
Tue May 15 13:40:22 CDT 2001


you can use the -T file test operator.. if (-T $file)



On Tue, 15 May 2001, Lorraine Johnson wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm sure this is an old question, but I'm obviously looking in the wrong
> place for the answer....  We develop under Windows then copy source to an
> HP-UX box to build.  (Long story.)  We're writing a Unix Perl script to
> navigate the directories and convert the Windows newlines to Unix newlines.
> We know all the pieces but one: What is the best way to determine if a file
> is ASCII or non-ASCII?  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Lorraine
> 
> Lorraine Johnson
> Senior Software Engineer
> Elektrobit Inc.
> lorraine.johnson at elektrobit.com
> www.elektrobit-usa.com
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> 
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