__DATA__
line1=10
line2=30
line3= I am a monk
ine4=false
line5=20
line6=42
line7= But I haven't read perlretut and I should have!
line8=true
line8=34
line9=67
line10=Coder
line11=false
####
line12=00
line2=11
line3=
line4=questionable
####
my @outfile = (
"line1=10",
"line2=30",
"line3= I am a monk",
"line4=false",
"line5=20",
"line6=42",
"line7= But I haven't read perlretut and I should have!",
"line8=true",
"line8=34",
"line9=67",
"line10=Coder",
"line11=false",
);
my @quads;
while (@outfile) {
my $line;
for (1..4) { # presumption: each data set is made up of 4 consecutive lines *
my $line_from_outfile = shift (@outfile);
$line_from_outfile =~ /line\d+=(.*)/;
$line .= $1 . "/" ;
}
push @quads, $line;
$line = "";
}
for my $quad(@quads) {
print $quad . "\n"; # to console; writing to file "final.txt" is left as an exercise for OP
}