Re: s/\r\n/\n/ passed as command line parameters not working

[choroba]

The variable $replace contains two characters, \ and n. You can create a Perl expression from its value and evaluate it:

s/$search/'"'.$replace.'"'/eeg;

[ggrise]

Thanks, that fixed the code. I appreciate your time and I learned something.

[Anonymous Monk]

don't do that, string eval is string eval (dangerous), provide some safety, use String::Interpolate or String::Interpolate::RE or another similar abstraction instead