How to replace ^M with a new line in perl

Question

My test file has \"n\" number of lines and between each line there is a ^M, which in turn makes it one big string. The code I am working with opens said file and should par

Answer 1

Did this file originate on a windows system? If so, try running the dos2unix command on the file before reading it. You can do this before invoking the perl script or inside the script before you read it.