Within the function, you're modifying variables not declared within the function—is it possible you're clobbering variables declared elsewhere? In specific, the use of $record looks suspicious. What happens if you say:

sub fn1
{
    my ($fh, $ucsearch) = @_;
    my $count           = 0;

    while (my $record = <$fh>)
    {
        next unless uc($record) =~ /$ucsearch/;
        print $record;
        $count++;
    }

    return $count;
}

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You'll have to change how you call the function (and you'll have to use its return value), but the lexical encapsulation may help avoid weird action at a distance.

If that doesn't help, you'll have to show more code.

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In reply to Re: losing html in print calling function. by chromatic
in thread losing html in print calling function. by Librum

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