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In Perl, how to remove ^M from a file?

I have a script that is appending new fields to an existing CSV, however ^M characters are appearing at the end of the old lines so the new fields end up on a new row instead of the same one. How do I remove ^M characters from a CSV file using Perl?

Solution

  • You found out you can also do this:

    $line=~ tr/\015//d;