Please help the scalar that is getting submitted for $input_data when this is submitted it is all one line. The file it reads in has line breaks. txtIncidentDescription is the description field that is having the issue. I am reading in the file with File::Slurp. 
#!perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use Term::InKey;
use Win32::Clipboard;
use File::Slurp;

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;

#DETERMINING END USER
my $oldSSO = qx{whoami};
chomp $oldSSO;
my ($sso) = $oldSSO =~ /.*(\w{2}\d{5})/;

#PROMPTING FOR PASSWORD
print "Enter Password: ";
my $pass = &ReadPassword;
chomp $pass;

#SETTING DATA TO SUBMIT

my $input_data = read_file( 'C:/temp/vpn_user.txt' );

#DECLARE URL VARIABLES
my $url1 = "https://url1";
my $url2 = "https://url2";
my $url3 = "https://url3";

#TURN OFF SSL CHECKING
$ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0;

#MECHANIZE TO GET AND PRINT CONTENT
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(timeout => 60, autocheck => 1);

#SET COOKIE JAR
$mech->cookie_jar(HTTP::Cookies->new); 

#USER AGENT
$mech->agent_alias( 'Windows IE 6' );

$mech->get($url1);

$mech->form_name('Login');
$mech->field(USER => "$sso");
$mech->field(PASSWORD => "$pass");
$mech->click();

$mech->get($url2);
    
#SET FORM VALUES
$mech->form_name('frmTicketCreate');
$mech->field('ddlProducts' => 1245);
$mech->field('txtIncidentDescription' => $input_data);
$mech->field('ctrlAssignedGroupLookup_mTxtName' => "assigned team");
$mech->field('__EVENTTARGET', 'ctrlAssignedGroupLookup_mBtnSearch_lnkB
+utton');
$mech->submit('ctrlAssignedGroupLookup_mBtnSearch_lnkButton');

my $content_login = $mech->content();
my ($number) = $content_login =~ /ctrlAssignedGroupLookup_mCBLLookupGr
+oups\S value\S\S(\d+)/;
#print $number, "\n";

$mech->field('ctrlAssignedGroupLookup_mCBLLookupGroups' => $number);

#$mech->form_name('frmTicketCreateFileUpload');

#SUBMIT FORM
$mech->form_name('frmTicketCreate');
$mech->field('__EVENTTARGET', 'btnSave_lnkButton');
$mech->submit();

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In reply to mechanize submission is all one line and loses line breaks reading input by diamondsandperls

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