in reply to Re^2: Chop command that removes the first character
in thread Chop command that removes the first character

Because you have quoted it we know what was there. As a minor pedant chomp will remove any char that corresponds to $/ aka the $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR. For example if you undef $/ but don't localise (or restore) it chomp will mysteriously fail. Not only that it is a global.....

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tachyon

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