use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; use Data::Dumper; use Net::Dict; my $word = $ARGV[0]; my $dict = Net::Dict->new('test.dict.org'); my $result = $dict->define("$word")->[1][1]; # This is where things don't work as intended # Original line # $result =~ 's,\n$,
,gsm'; # Fixed version below $result =~ s,\n,
,gsm; print $result;