In this case, I have 2 different perl implementations installed, one being cygwin (perl version 5.26, which is the one that keeps the CR) and the other being a standalone perl (perl v5.8.8, which is the one that eliminates the CR).

It's been a while since I worked with cygwin, but I assume that it's acting like a *NIX system would and not loading the :crlf layer by default - try perl -le "print for PerlIO::get_layers(*STDIN)" at the command line to check.

Note that you can be really explicit about the fact that you want the :crlf layer to be loaded: try and see if open my $makefileToProcess, "<:raw:crlf", ... makes it work on both Perls.

Also note that 5.8.8 is now over 15 years old. You probably want to consider upgrading, see Strawberry Perl.

In reply to Re^2: How is the default "Input Record Separator" set? by haukex
in thread How is the default "Input Record Separator" set? by brettasterling

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