1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perlsh b/perlsh
index 4f9b5ddd12..2b2cccd064 100644
--- a/perlsh
+++ b/perlsh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Note that it must be a complete perl statement--don't type double
 #  carriage return in the middle of a loop.
 
-$/ = '';	# set paragraph mode
+$/ = "\n\n";	# set paragraph mode
 $SHlinesep = "\n";
 while ($SHcmd = <>) {
     $/ = $SHlinesep;