> line 1    Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

> so if i change in the Templetedfeault the meta charset is changed but
> it still starts off with the first line above i.e ISO-8859-1  .. so
> the question is where does line 1 come from?
>

check the header() CGI function. That outputs the Content-type. Read the
perldoc for the CGI module for how to change it.
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