#! /usr/bin/perl $datafile=@ARGV[0]; my $data; { local($/) = undef; open (FILE, "<$datafile"); $data = ; close FILE; $data =~ s/\x0d\x0a\x7c\x7c/\x7c\x7c/sg; if ($data =~ m/\x0d\x0a\x7c\x7c/) { print "FOUND IT!\n"; } else { print "DIDN'T FIND IT.\n"; } open (OUTFILE, ">$datafile"); print OUTFILE $data, "-Damn"; close OUTFILE; }