Feature! was: Bug or Feature: /\S$/ matches "\n"

OK,

thank you all, I missed that one.

Sorry for the inconveniance, Thomas
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> Von: 	Robin Barker[SMTP:rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk]
> Gesendet: 	Dienstag, 28. August 2001 13:31
> An: 	Thomas.Dorner@start.de
> Cc: 	perl-mvs@perl.org; perl5-porters@perl.org
> Betreff: 	Re: Bug or Feature: /\S$/ matches "\n"
> 
> 
> > Sorry if this is an FAQ but I haven't found it in the perlre manpage.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > It seems, that $ matches the end of the string *except* when the last
> > character is a newline, this seems to be ignored in that case. 
> 
> It is in perlre.pod (line 86):
> 
>          $   Match the end of the line (or before newline at the end)
> 
> Robin
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