use strict; use warnings; use v5.10; my @lines = ; for my $line ( @lines ) { chomp $line; say "\$line is *$line*"; } __DATA__ hello\ngoodbye good\nevil yes\nno #### line is *hello\n\ugoodbye* line is *good\nevil* line is *yes\nno* #### line is *hello goodbye* line is *good evil* line is *yes no* #### *Hello Goodbye*