Re: What is the function that does the following..?

[ssandv]

If you're on Linux, the od utility can be quite handy for such things.

[Khen1950fx]

Just out of curiosity, I tried the Linux od utility and the ppt od utility. I created a file called "text":

Some random text.\nMore\nEven More\n

Then for the Linux utility:

od -N 36 -c /root/Desktop/text

Then for the ppt version of od:

/usr/local/ppt/bin/od -c /root/Desktop/text

The Linux od let me control the number of bytes that were dumped; however, with the ppt od, there is no -N option.

[Anonymous Monk]

(: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=ppt :)

[ttlgreen]

Thanks for all the help everyone! With this od utility and a better regex I was able to cobble together a solution. Sorry I only have 4 votes to give ;)