$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' open my $inFH, q{<}, \ < ) { print $line if $line =~ m{X} .. $line =~ m{^\s*$} and $line !~ m{^\s*$}; }' Xavier Peter Xerox Paddle $ #### $ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' open my $inFH, q{<}, \ < ) { print $line if ( $line =~ m{X} .. $line =~ m{^\s*$} ) && $line !~ m{^\s*$}; }' Xavier Peter Xerox Paddle $