I need to read/view a .chr file by using perl script. I tried this code but the file handler is empty while executing the script. i got 'Startend' as output. This is my code

Did you get any warnings? If so, tell us what they are.

You could check the status of open:

open( NEWFILE, "C:\\cygwin\\home\\Administrator\\test.chr" ) or die $!
+;
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Are you sure your input file isn't empty?

Updated to show OP's original statement.