in reply to Re^2: backtick iterpolation issue
in thread backtick iterpolation issue

Replace chomp with 
$playListRow =~ tr/\xd\xa//d;

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It should remove all the newlines, CR/LF or LF style.
Update: You might need to verify how file names containing newlines are represented in the list.

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