open $cb,"<","/tmp/cb.txt";
 
#- whole conversation into one string
my $slurp=do {local $/,<$cb>};<P>

#- split into single chats
my @chatters=split /^\s*$/m, $slurp;
 
for my $chat (reverse @chatters) {
 
  my (undef,$head,@text)=split /\n/m, $chat;
 
  #- print head
  my ($date,$time,$author)=split /\s+/,$head;
  print "<tt>", "[[$author]] $time", "</tt><br>\n";
 
  #- /me text to italic
  if ($text[0]=~s/^\/me/[$author]/){
    unshift @text,'<i>';
    push @text,'</i>';
  }
 
  #- named links
  for (@text){
    s# (\w+) \( (http://.*?) \) #[$2|$1]#xg
  }
 
  #- print text
  print join "\n",@text;
 
  #- print separator
  print "\n<p>\n\n";
 
}
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