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or

> $buffer =~ s/[\000-\011\013\014\016-\037\177-\377]//g;

Just to be different, you could use "tr":

   $buffer =~ tr/[ -~\n\r]//cd;

The "c" complements the search list and the "d" says to delete matched 
characters without a replacement listed (there are no replacements in 
this example). Unless $buffer is "large," it won't matter, but using 
tr/// is faster than s/// (see "Programming Perl", 2nd ed., p. 541).

S

-- 
Stephen Cristol
cristol at emory.edu



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