use strict; use warnings; my $currLine; while () { next if ! /^\\ TC: +(\S+) (.+)/; my ($timecode, $tail) = ($1, $2); if ($tail !~ /^÷/) { $currLine .= $tail; next; } print "$currLine\n" if defined $currLine; $currLine = "\ TC: $timecode $tail"; } print $currLine if defined $currLine; __DATA__ \ TC: 16:12:48;28 ÷1426÷1426÷142D÷142D÷1470÷1470AND W \ TC: 16:12:49;08 HI \ TC: 16:12:49;11 LE \ TC: 16:12:49;14 OVER \ TC: 16:12:49;19 T \ TC: 16:12:49;21 HE L \ TC: 16:12:49;24 AS \ TC: 16:12:49;27 T 10 \ TC: 16:12:50;07 ÷1426÷1426÷142D÷142D÷1470÷1470YEARS \ TC: 16:12:50;17 W \ TC: 16:12:50;19 E' \ TC: 16:12:50;21 VE M \ TC: 16:12:50;25 AD \ TC: 16:12:50;27 E \ TC: 16:12:51;09 MAJ \ TC: 16:12:51;13 OR \ TC: 16:12:52;22 ÷1426÷1426÷142D÷142D÷1470÷1470INVESTMENTS #### TC: 16:12:48;28 ÷1426÷1426÷142D÷142D÷1470÷1470AND WHILE OVER THE LAST 10 TC: 16:12:50;07 ÷1426÷1426÷142D÷142D÷1470÷1470YEARS WE'VE MADE MAJOR TC: 16:12:52;22 ÷1426÷1426÷142D÷142D÷1470÷1470INVESTMENTS