So it ought to remove both CR and LF on Windows, I think.

Isn't it better to know? 

C:\>perl -le"print $/" | od -tacx1
0000000  cr  nl  cr  nl
         \r  \n  \r  \n
        0d 0a 0d 0a
0000004

C:\>perl -le"print unpack q,H*,,$/" | od -tacx1
0000000   0   a  cr  nl
          0   a  \r  \n
        30 61 0d 0a
0000004

C:\>

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Furthermore, perlport says 
In most operating systems, lines in files are terminated by newlines. 
+Just what is used as a newline may vary from OS to OS. Unix tradition
+ally uses \012, one type of DOSish I/O uses \015\012, and Mac OS uses
+ \015.

Perl uses \n to represent the "logical" newline, where what is logical
+ may depend on the platform in use. In MacPerl, \n always means \015.
+ In DOSish perls, \n usually means \012, but when accessing a file in
+ "text" mode, STDIO translates it to (or from) \015\012, depending on
+ whether you're reading or writing. Unix does the same thing on ttys 
+in canonical mode. \015\012 is commonly referred to as CRLF.

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In reply to Re^3: Pattern Matching in Cygwin Perl vs. Win32 Perl by Anonymous Monk
in thread Pattern Matching in Cygwin Perl vs. Win32 Perl by InsolentFlunkey

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