Placeholder for useful code snippet:

open my $fh, '<:raw:perlio:encoding(UTF-16LE):crlf', $filename

which will convert CR/LF combinations to LF only. Alternatively, to keep them intact:

open my $fh, '<:raw:perlio:encoding(UTF-16LE)', $filename

Useful for reading Windows registry export files, SQL server log export files etc.

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