#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $filename='result.txt'; open( my $fh, '<', $filename ) or die "Can't open $filename: $!"; while ( my $line = <$fh> ) { $line =~ s/\s*$//; # remove any line ending char(s) # this works on Windows, Unix and old Apple print "$line\n"; # print with line endings for this platform } close $fh;