Interesting... It works fine for me.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $summaryFile = '/warp/pub/testbot2/users/rehmanz/2009Aug23_151934/'
                . 'essw/bats/autobats/summary.log';

print "DEBUG: Before chomp: $summaryFile \n";
chomp $summaryFile;
$summaryFile =~ s/\n//;
print "DEBUG: After chomp: $summaryFile \n";
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