my $default_clientspec=`p4 info`;
my $cspec = " ";


#Getting the default cspec from perforce

my @specs = split /\n/, $default_clientspec;  
foreach my $spec (@specs) { 
    (my $param, my $val) = split /: /, $spec; 
    if ($param =~ /Client\sname/xms) {
        #chomp $val;
        $cspec="$val\n";#only adding a new line character prints the v
+alue in $cspec,why?
        #print "$cspec"; 
    } 
}
$cspec=lc($cspec);
my $option_c=lc($options{c});
if (lc $cspec ne lc $options{c})#even though these two are equal,I see
+ the program entering the loop,I tried so many things ,not sure why?
{
    print "$cspec";
        print "$option_c";
    print "ERROR:Please change your default cspec to $options{c}\n";
    exit;
}

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