$self->remove_controlM($infile); sub remove_controlM { my $self = shift; my $in_file = shift; my $out_file = $in_file . "controlM_removed"; open(my $FH_IN, '<', $in_file) or die "Failed to open $in_file $!\n"; print "REMOVE CONTROL_M CHARACTER PROCESS STARTING"; open(my $FH_OUT, '>', $out_file) or die "Failed to write $out_file $!\n"; while (<$FH_IN>) { s/\r//g; print($FH_OUT $_); } close ($FH_IN); close ($FH_OUT); unlink($in_file); `mv $out_file $in_file`; print "REMOVE CONTROL_M CHARACTER PROCESS ENDING"; }