open(my $in, "<", $inputfile) or die "Can't read '$inputfile': $!"; open(my $out, "<", $outputfile) or die "Can't read '$outputfile': $!"; binmode($out); while (my $line = <$in>) { $line =~ s/\r\n?/\n/g; print $out $line; } close($in) or die "Can't close '$inputfile': $!"; close($out) or die "Can't close '$outputfile': $!";