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| author | Karl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)> | 2010-06-22 16:03:02 -0600 |
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| committer | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2010-06-28 22:30:05 -0400 |
| commit | 7ba31cb40054ae9f8ead85baf42185104bf7de1c (patch) | |
| tree | 1bde5c56f39b5c00fbb69908dc71770b58c18f75 /pod/perlrun.pod | |
| parent | ce7b6f06f41c076280ab53e616c11c68b71e5ef7 (diff) | |
| download | perl-7ba31cb40054ae9f8ead85baf42185104bf7de1c.tar.gz | |
perlrun.pod: Specify -0400 behavior
All values -0400 through -0777 have the same effect, even though
previously -0777 was the only one mentioned..
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlrun.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlrun.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 1d91694278..51a87ee805 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -235,11 +235,13 @@ terminated by the null character, you can say this: find . -name '*.orig' -print0 | perl -n0e unlink The special value 00 will cause Perl to slurp files in paragraph mode. -The value 0777 will cause Perl to slurp files whole because there is no -legal byte with that value. +Any value 0400 or above will cause Perl to slurp files whole, but by convention +the value 0777 is the one normally used for this purpose. -If you want to specify any Unicode character, use the hexadecimal -format: C<-0xHHH...>, where the C<H> are valid hexadecimal digits. +You can also specify the separator character using hexadecimal notation: +C<-0xHHH...>, where the C<H> are valid hexadecimal digits. Unlike the octal +form, this one may be used to specify any Unicode character, even those beyond +0xFF. (This means that you cannot use the C<-x> with a directory name that consists of hexadecimal digits.) |