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$number = hex(&quot;ffff12c0&quot;);<br />
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will return the number value of the hex ffff12c0 which is 4,294,906,560<br />
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the inverse of this is <br />
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printf(lx&quot;,$number); <br />
<br />
this will print out the hex value of number. so just print your hex value to a file<br />
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i.e <br />
$buffer = sprintf(&quot;%lx&quot;,$number);<br />
print FILEHANDLE $buffer;<br />
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will print your hex to the file FILEHANDLE
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Or do you mean you want<br />
&nbsp; print FILEHANDLE &quot;\x00&quot;;<br />
?
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makerp, it does not mark the end of my file with the '00' hex when I viewed it with my hex editor. Instead, it had set it to '30'...<br />
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help?
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ozo,<br />
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that won't work, cos it would write SCALAR(&quot;xxxxxxxx&quot;) to the file and that is not what we want
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What do you mean by SCALAR(&quot;xxxxxxxx&quot;)?
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ozo,<br />
<br />
lets say i set my cgi script to print the date to a file by using print FILEHANDLE &amp;get_date;<br />
<br />
then, when i add another print FILEHANDLE \x00(i want to add another 00 hex code after my date) , it would give me this in my file :<br />
<br />
15-Mar-2000SCALAR(0x80512c<wbr />c)<br />
<br />

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gee... didn't notice that one!<br />
anyway, it worked! didn't know the solution was so simple!<br />
<br />
thanks ozo!<br />

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How do I output hexademical values to a file? I would like to include a 00 hex value at the end of a file in my server. What do I need to do in Perl to achieve this?
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How do I output hexademical values to a file? I would like to include a 00 hex value at the end of a file in my server. What do I need to do in Perl to achieve this?

$number = hex(&quot;ffff12c0&quot;);

will return the number value of the hex ffff12c0 which is 4,294,906,560

the inverse of this is 

printf(lx&quot;,$number); 

this will print out the hex value of number. so just print your hex value to a file

i.e 
$buffer = sprintf(&quot;%lx&quot;,$number);
print FILEHANDLE $buffer;

will print your hex to the file FILEHANDLE

Or do you mean you want
  print FILEHANDLE &quot;\x00&quot;;
?

makerp, it does not mark the end of my file with the &#39;00&#39; hex when I viewed it with my hex editor. Instead, it had set it to &#39;30&#39;...

help?

ozo,

that won&#39;t work, cos it would write SCALAR(&quot;xxxxxxxx&quot;) to the file and that is not what we want

What do you mean by SCALAR(&quot;xxxxxxxx&quot;)?

ozo,

lets say i set my cgi script to print the date to a file by using print FILEHANDLE &amp;get_date;

then, when i add another print FILEHANDLE \x00(i want to add another 00 hex code after my date) , it would give me this in my file :

15-Mar-2000SCALAR(0x80512cc)



gee... didn&#39;t notice that one!
anyway, it worked! didn&#39;t know the solution was so simple!

thanks ozo!


Writing hex characters to file

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