Re: Add new line character to and ebcdic file

[jethro]

Are you removing the \n from the ascii lines with chomp? If yes, don't do that and presumably the EBCDIC lines should have the EBCDIC equivalent of \n at the end.

If this isn't the answer, could you tell us why there should be an \n at the end of a line even though the source file doesn't have one?

[gkol0279]

No i am not removing \n from the ascii lines. I convert the \n to EBCDIC. But when i print all the records into a file, i find all the records in one line rather than each record a line.

[hdb]

On your ASCII based machine, this is to be expected unless your editor supports EBCDIC. How does the file look on the mainframe? Do you also see everything in one line?

[Anonymous Monk]

Where did the newline go?

$ perl -MData::Dump -MConvert::EBCDIC -e " dd Convert::EBCDIC::ascii2e
+bcdic(qq{hi\n}); "
"\x88\x89%"

$ perl -MData::Dump -MConvert::EBCDIC -e " dd Convert::EBCDIC::ascii2e
+bcdic(qq{\r\n}); "
"\r%"

$ perl -MData::Dump -MConvert::EBCDIC -e " dd Convert::EBCDIC::ascii2e
+bcdic(qq{\n}); "
"%"

% must be ebcdic for \n

[gkol0279]

I can see '%' in my output file. Here is the sample of how it is being printed:

ð÷ððððððððððòðòòðõñóðóñðóðððóùðòøøð
+ðððððððððððððððððððððððððððÃððððððð
+ððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððÃ
+°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ãðððððððððððð%ð
+÷ðòñ@@@@@@@ðñðñõòòðñóðòòôððóòñöóñðöùö@@
+@óðõòõñùòñöððððôùøöóùöõòðùõ@@ð@@ððõùð
+ððððððð@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ðò@ððððððððððÃ
+°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã°Ã@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@%ð÷ðòñ@@@@@@@ðñðñõ
+òòðñóðòòôððóòñöóñðöùö@@@óðõòõñùòñöðð
+ðÃ÷ðóøøöòðððóðóôùøöóùöõòðùõ@@ð@@ððõùð
+ððððððð@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ðò@ðððððÃ@@@@@@@@@@
+@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@%

I need the above to be printed line by line not continously.