in reply to Re^8: Dealing with files with differing line endings
in thread Dealing with files with differing line endings
I have to assume I've missed something in the context of this thread.
This bit in the text I quoted:
When reading a Windows file on Unix
It happens :-) And though it's just a guess, I'd be surprised if ActivePerl doesn't add the :crlf layer by default. I think Cygwin Perl doesn't.
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