$ perl -e 'my $x = "abc\r"; print "|$x|"' |abc #### $ perl -e 'my $x = "abc"; print "|$x|"' |abc| #### $ perl -E 'my @x = ("A", "B\n", "C\r", "D\r\n"); for (@x) { say ord for split //; }' 65 66 10 67 13 68 13 10 #### $ perl -E 'my @x = ("A", "B\n", "C\r", "D\r\n"); for (@x) { chomp; say ord for split //; }' 65 66 67 13 68 13 #### $ perl -E 'my @x = ("A", "B\n", "C\r", "D\r\n"); for (@x) { s/\R$//; say ord for split //; }' 65 66 67 68 #### $ perl -E 'my @x = ("A", "B\n", "C\r", "D\r\n"); for (@x) { s/[\r\n]*$//; say ord for split //; }' 65 66 67 68