\x92 x\93 chars

[jriggs420]

Whenever I ftp a file into vi, I get these characters in the file. It's strange since copy/pasting doesn't show them, but rather the ' or " as appropriate. I would prefer to use ftp though, as it is much faster/cleaner.

So my question is other than doing a bunch of s/x\\92/\'/;(which I have yet to get working), is there a way to convert these automatically. I have tried tweaking the ftp client (ascii/binary) settings, and the original document (word) font settings with no success. Any suggestions?
TIA-

Joe

A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it.

-- Einstein

 

[PaulTEG]

$file=~ s/x\\92/\'/g;

The /g modifier will replace all instead of the next occurrence

HTH

Spend an hour a week on CPAN, helps cure all known programming ailments ;-)

 

[jriggs420]

Yes, but when I look at the file in vi. I see "Don\x92t know", where it should be "Don't know". If I set it equal to a string and print with a perl script, I get "Don t know", which leads me to believe perl isn't even seeing these chars. does that make sense?

A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it.

-- Einstein