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Perl replace backslash

Hi all,

Any ideas why this code will not open the file and replace the backslashes? Trying to do a .csv import into a DB and the \, is screwing it up if it occurs in the file. I have tried about 10 different ways to remove the \ from the data file.

If this is the correct way to remove backslashes, am I not rewriting the file correctly?

Thanks!

Code:



open UPLOADFILE, ">$upload_dir/$filename";



binmode UPLOADFILE;



while ( <$upload_filehandle> )

{

  print UPLOADFILE;

}



close UPLOADFILE;







open (FILE, "/$upload_dir/$filename");

while(<FILE>){



        $_ =~ s/\\//g;



}

close(FILE);

I think you want instead:

Code:

open UPLOADFILE, ">$upload_dir/$filename";



binmode UPLOADFILE;



while ( <$upload_filehandle> )

{

  $_ =~ s/\\//g;

  

  print UPLOADFILE;

}



close UPLOADFILE;

Different people have different styles of writing Perl code. You seem to prefer extensive use of $_ and avoiding mentioning it explicitly when you do, so maybe you want this equivalent code:

Code:

open UPLOADFILE, ">$upload_dir/$filename";



binmode UPLOADFILE;



while ( <$upload_filehandle> )

{

  s/\\//g;

  

  print UPLOADFILE;

}



close UPLOADFILE;

This code removes the backslashes. But you mentioned replacing them, not removing them. Replacing them with what?

If you indeed do want to replace them with something else, do this:

Code:

open UPLOADFILE, ">$upload_dir/$filename";



binmode UPLOADFILE;



while ( <$upload_filehandle> )

{

  s/\\/somethingelse/g;

  

  print UPLOADFILE;

}



close UPLOADFILE;

Would that something else be a forward slash? If so, don't forget to "escape" it, thus:

Code:

open UPLOADFILE, ">$upload_dir/$filename";



binmode UPLOADFILE;



while ( <$upload_filehandle> )

{

  s/\\/\//g;

  

  print UPLOADFILE;

}



close UPLOADFILE;

Hope this helps.

That did help, thanks, I did not realize it was that easy to do the replacement while writing the file.