Hullo, I have the following script with bits snipped out:

my(@cvscommits) = ("Lala", "po", "tinkywinky");
my($cvs) = join("<br>", @cvscommits);
my($updatetime) = "11";
my($line) = "<tr><td><a href=\"\\\\$COMPUTERNAME\\$softdev\\$dirtime\"
+<b>$COMPUTERNAME</b></a></td><td>$processors</td><td>$dirtime</td><td
+>$cust</td><td>$target</td><td>$cotime</td><td>$updatetime</td><td>$b
+uildtime</td><td>$result</td><td>$cvs</td></tr>\n";

for (@testarray) {
    #find the line below
        if (/<tr><th>PC Number<\/th><th>Cores<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>C
+ustomer<\/th><th>Target<\/th><th>C\/O Time<\/th><th>Update time<\/th>
+<th>Build Time<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Changes from Last Build<\/th>
+<\/tr>/) {

    print "Whee found it \n";
        #then add the following line *after it*
        $_ .= $line;
        last;}}
untie @testarray;  #finish the array :)

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It's supposed to open up an html file and insert the $line after the point referenced above. Instead of inserting $line after it (as it should) it writes $line at the bottom of the file *after* everything else. I tried with a simple text file, and it inserted my ersatz text line with ease, but as soon as I insert html, it starts adding it to the end of the file.
I know it finds the line because of the "Whee found it" message.
Whenever I open up the html file in an editor, it asks if I want to convert the html file to a dos file. (I also end up with some funky ^M characters under Vim.)
So the questions are:
1.Is there something fundamentally different between html and txt files that I should know about here?
2. Have I made another noob mistake somewhere I can't see?
3. Is it likely that my join command is throwing in problems?
Thanks for your time :E

In reply to Tie::file and html vs dos by Flubb

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