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in thread Need explanation: what \$_ and ${} do

    s   Treat string as single line. That is, change "." to match any
        character whatsoever, even a newline, which normally it would not
        match.

There are no .'s in the regex.

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Re^4: Need explanation: what \$_ and ${} do
by polettix (Vicar) on Nov 11, 2005 at 15:47 UTC
    ... which makes me learn that [^>] does match a newline :)

    Thanks for bothering, chester!

    Flavio
    perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf

    Don't fool yourself.
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