#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; my $nix = << '__NIX__'; line 1 line 2 __NIX__ my $win = << '__WIN__'; # ^M present at end of lines. line 1 line 2 __WIN__ # ^M present here, too: my $quoted = 'line1 line2 '; say /\r/ for $nix, $win, $quoted;