Using perl (v5.24.0) I am reading a file line by line processing each line in while loop.

As I have newlines at the end of each line in the file, I want to remove those newlines from every line I read in. But when I am using chomp, something I didn't expect is happening. I am not able to find why it's happening but I suspect the way I am reading the file might be responsible for it.

#!$HOME/localperl/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

my $file = "test1.csv";
open(my $fh, "<", $file) or die "Could not open file '$file' $!\n";
my @local;
print "Before while \@local: @local\n";
while (my $line = <$fh>)
{
    print "Before chomp \$line: $line\n";
    #chomp($line);
    print "After chomp \$line: $line\n";
    push @local, $line;
    print "After push \@local: @local\n";
}
print "After while \@local: @local\n";
close $fh;
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Contents of test1.csv:

12.2(17d)SXB11
5.10 Generic_118855-15
XYZ 7.1
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When I run the code with chomp commented out, I get following output

Before while @local:
Before chomp $line: 12.2(17d)SXB11

After chomp $line: 12.2(17d)SXB11

After push @local: 12.2(17d)SXB11

Before chomp $line: 5.10 Generic_118855-15

After chomp $line: 5.10 Generic_118855-15

After push @local: 12.2(17d)SXB11
 5.10 Generic_118855-15

Before chomp $line: XYZ 7.1

After chomp $line: XYZ 7.1

After push @local: 12.2(17d)SXB11
 5.10 Generic_118855-15
 XYZ 7.1

After while @local: 12.2(17d)SXB11
 5.10 Generic_118855-15
 XYZ 7.1
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Now, as I want to remove the newline from end of each line, when I uncomment chomp, I get:

Before while @local:
Before chomp $line: 12.2(17d)SXB11

After chomp $line: 12.2(17d)SXB11
After push @local: 12.2(17d)SXB11
Before chomp $line: 5.10 Generic_118855-15

After chomp $line: 5.10 Generic_118855-15
 5.10 Generic_118855-15(17d)SXB11
Before chomp $line: XYZ 7.1

After chomp $line: XYZ 7.1
 XYZ 7.1neric_118855-15(17d)SXB11
 XYZ 7.1neric_118855-152(17d)SXB11
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What am I ignoring here that is causing this behavior? I want to add each line as an array element in the @local after removing newlines. Please forgive me if I am missing something very obvious.

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