symbols are used for "a new line"

solomon243 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: symbols are used for "a new line" by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Aug 28, 2013 at 13:09 UTC
This is only an issue if you share files between platforms. In that case, there is no single answer. It depends not only on the platforms, but on how you share the files. Please tell us more about your appliction. Bill	[reply]
Re^2: symbols are used for "a new line" by solomon243 (Novice) on Aug 28, 2013 at 14:46 UTC
my program works with the text file (consisting of lines :) program does selection of a line of this file on its offset, which is in advance known. Offset is set in bytes from the file beginning... On win32 script will work not as on Linux/UNIX...	[reply]
Re^3: symbols are used for "a new line" by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Aug 29, 2013 at 19:33 UTC
The windows version of you text file may have windows newlines (depending on how you transferred and/or edited it.) If it does, the offsets will be different than in *nix. If does not, you must open the file in binary mode. I cannot offer any more help without knowing your objective. Bill	[reply]
Re: symbols are used for "a new line" by aitap (Curate) on Aug 28, 2013 at 09:39 UTC
Do you want to match them or to print them? In second case, consider using apporpriate IOLayers (for example, :crlf is used automatically on Win32), also consult the apporpriate perlport section.	[reply]
Re: symbols are used for "a new line" by daxim (Curate) on Aug 28, 2013 at 08:56 UTC
Just \R.	[reply]
Re^2: symbols are used for "a new line" by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Aug 28, 2013 at 18:27 UTC
Note: \R requires Perl 5.18 or higher. ---- I Go Back to Sleep, Now. OGB	[reply]
Re^3: symbols are used for "a new line" by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 28, 2013 at 19:02 UTC
So why its documentation says \R was introduced in perl 5.10.0. لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re: symbols are used for "a new line" by thargas (Deacon) on Aug 28, 2013 at 12:34 UTC
Why? If you just do `print "stuff\n"` it will just work everywhere. If you want to do something else, please explain.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: symbols are used for "a new line" by ig (Vicar) on Aug 28, 2013 at 21:05 UTC
You may find the variables `$/` and `$\` helpful. These are described in perlvar and there are examples throughout.	[reply] [d/l] [select]