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+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+
+describe "The -l command line option" do
+  before :each do
+    @names  = fixture __FILE__, "full_names.txt"
+  end
+
+  it "chomps lines with default separator" do
+    ruby_exe('puts $_.end_with?("\n")', options: "-n -l",
+             args: " < #{@names}").should ==
+        "false\nfalse\nfalse\n"
+  end
+
+  it "chomps last line based on $/" do
+    ruby_exe('BEGIN { $/ = "ones\n" }; puts $_', options: "-W0 -n -l",
+             args: " < #{@names}").should ==
+        "alice j\nbob field\njames grey\n"
+  end
+
+  it "sets $\\ to the value of $/" do
+    ruby_exe("puts $\\ == $/", options: "-W0 -n -l",
+             args: " < #{@names}").should ==
+        "true\ntrue\ntrue\n"
+  end
+
+  it "sets $-l" do
+    ruby_exe("puts $-l", options: "-n -l",
+                         args: " < #{@names}").should ==
+      "true\ntrue\ntrue\n"
+  end
+end