c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "print 'match with \r' if qq{ Directory of D:\\ \\Q\\X \r} =~ /.{20}\\[a-zA-Z]\s[\r\n]/; print 'match sans \r' if qq{ Directory of D:\\ \\Q\\X } =~ /.{20}\\[a-zA-Z]\s[\r\n]/; " match with \r