#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use feature 'say'; sub myChmop { my ($str) = @_; chomp $str; return $str; } sub myCrRemove { my ($str) = @_; $str =~ s/\r|\n//g; return $str; } my $str = "abcd\r\n"; my $chompReturn = myChmop($str); say "[$chompReturn]"; my $crRemoveReturn = myCrRemove($str); say "[$crRemoveReturn]"; __END__ $ perl test.pl ]abcd [abcd]