##
"boom"
hello "" bill
hello " " bill
"baz hello jock"
"boom2"
abc "baz2 hello2 jock2 "
####
use strict;
use warnings;
my $s = <<"GROK";
"boom"
hello "" bill
hello " " bill
"baz
\t hello
jock"
"boom2"
abc "baz2
hello2 \t
jock2 "
GROK
$s =~ s{"([^"]*)"}
{ if ($1 =~ tr/\n//) {
my $x = $1;
$x =~ s/[ \t]*\n[ \t]*/ /g;
'"' . $x . '"';
}
else {
'"' . $1 . '"';
}
}eg;