Re: Problem with files read to array split on empty lines

[davido]

What operating system were the files created on? What operating system is your local server running, and what operating system is the remote system running?

Write a small script that slurps a file, and then uses tr/\015// and tr/\012// to count independently how many carriage returns and line-feeds the files have. You might find that at least one of the files has line endings that are incompatible with one of the operating systems you're using.

Perl's \n is a logical newline, that can consist of \012, \015\012, or \015, depending on which OS your script is running under (*nix, Win, or Mac). If the file was created or edited on an OS that uses different line endings, you could get errant behavior when reading and dealing with the file. perlport

[jhoop]

Thanks very much for the input. The files were created on the same Linux server on which the script was originally attempted. They were downloaded to my Win7 machine via the cPanel web UI. I will test your suggestions on the remote system and report back. I do not imagine it would do much good to test it on the local system, because if tobyink is correct the line endings could have been converted upon downloading the files.