use strict; use warnings; use autodie; use English; my $mac_file = '#EXTM3U' . "\N{CARRIAGE RETURN}" . '#EXTINF:547,Excerpt from the Binti' . "\N{CARRIAGE RETURN}" . 'Excerpt from the Binti novella series by Nnedi Okorafor.mp3'. "\N{CARRIAGE RETURN}" ; open my $MAC_FH, '<', \$mac_file; my @lines; while (my $line = do{local $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = "\r";<$MAC_FH>}) { #$line =~ tr/\r/\n/; push @lines, $line; } close $MAC_FH; print "Line0: ", $lines[0], "\n"; print "Line1: ", $lines[1], "\n"; print "Line2: ", $lines[2], "\n";