Re^2: Activestate open unix filehandle

That's incorrect. \n is \x0A in Windows. The convertion \x0A to \x0D\x0A happens in the PerlIO layers, so your trick doesn't work. Proof:

>type !.pl
my $LF = "\x0a";
print "This line ends with a linefeed" . $LF;

>perl !.pl > !

>debug !
-rcx
CX 0020
:
-d100 l20
0B25:0100  54 68 69 73 20 6C 69 6E-65 20 65 6E 64 73 20 77   This line
+ ends w
0B25:0110  69 74 68 20 61 20 6C 69-6E 65 66 65 65 64 0D 0A   ith a lin
+efeed..
-q
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Re^3: Activestate open unix filehandle by duff (Parson) on Mar 01, 2006 at 20:59 UTC
Indeed. I must be suffering a mild form of insanity. :-) duff	[reply]
Re^4: Activestate open unix filehandle by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 01, 2006 at 21:18 UTC
You might have been thinking of the Mac where `\n` is `\x0D` (and `\r` is `\x0A`?). While using `binmode` and `\n` will work on Windows, using `binmode` and `\x0A` is required for portability.	[reply] [d/l] [select]