How do I remove carriage returns with Ruby?

irb(main):003:0> my_string = "Some text with a carriage return \r"
=> "Some text with a carriage return \r"
irb(main):004:0> my_string.gsub(/\r/,"")
=> "Some text with a carriage return "
irb(main):005:0>

Or...

irb(main):007:0> my_string = "Some text with a carriage return \r\n"
=> "Some text with a carriage return \r\n"
irb(main):008:0> my_string.gsub(/\r\n/,"\n")
=> "Some text with a carriage return \n"
irb(main):009:0>