use strict; use warnings; open my $outFH, q{>}, \ my $dataFile or die qq{open: > scalar ref.: $!\n}; print $outFH qq{1,2,3\r\n}, qq{4,5,6\r\n}, qq{7,8,9\r\n}; close $outFH or die qq{close: > scalar ref.: $!\n}; { print qq{\nSetting input record separator to CRLF\n}; local $/ = qq{\r\n}; open my $inFH, q{<}, \ $dataFile or die qq{open: < scalar ref.: $!\n}; while( <$inFH> ) { print qq{Line $.\n}; print qq{ Original: }, qq{@{ [ map sprintf( q{%#.2x}, ord ), split m{} ] }\n}; chomp; print qq{ Chomped: }, qq{@{ [ map sprintf( q{%#.2x}, ord ), split m{} ] }\n}; } close $inFH or die qq{close: < scalar ref.: $!\n}; } print qq{\nOpening file in "<:crlf" mode\n}; open my $inFH, q{<:crlf}, \ $dataFile or die qq{open: < scalar ref.: $!\n}; while( <$inFH> ) { print qq{Line $.\n}; print qq{ Original: }, qq{@{ [ map sprintf( q{%#.2x}, ord ), split m{} ] }\n}; chomp; print qq{ Chomped: }, qq{@{ [ map sprintf( q{%#.2x}, ord ), split m{} ] }\n}; } close $inFH or die qq{close: < scalar ref.: $!\n};