in reply to Re^2: Perl line endings: something broken in ActiveState Perl 5.8?
in thread Perl line endings: something broken in ActiveState Perl 5.8?

Ever tried a hexdump of that data? This usually helps me isolating the problem if it's data-related.

Update: Delete this node. Just noticed after posting that the problem was not data related but really (Activestate-)Perl related. Sorry for wasting your time ;-)

s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{})*;#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(|?*{%
+.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e

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