tests: use perl for printing special sequences to files.

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+2009-08-27  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
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+       tests: use perl for printing special sequences to files.
+       And skip tests if perl is not available.  This is better than
+       playing tricks with shell portability.  Suggested by Akim
+       Demaille.
+       * tests/input.at (Bad character literals): Use it here for
+       omitting final newlines.
+       (Bad escapes in literals): Use it here for special characters.
+
 2009-08-26  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
 
        tests: show a use of %define lr.default-reductions "consistent"