Re: •Re: PP4: "de-hyphenating a file"

And, \n is always correct there, regardless of the underlying architecture, as the mapping of the local "line ending" character when reading text files.

So, does this mean that $/ is wrong there?

Also, does this mean that $/ should be relegated only to print statements? Or, will \n also DWIM for other systems?

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Re^3: PP4: "de-hyphenating a file" (no bull) by tye (Sage) on Jul 17, 2003 at 18:08 UTC
I'm not sure where this idea originated but I find the latest perlport to be very guilty of making these things way too confusing... $\ is "\n" everywhere. You can change it if you want to, but that is how it starts out. Perhaps Re^4: Line Feeds (rumor control) will help clear some of this fog. - tye	[reply]