#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.014; { local $/ = ""; while () { chomp; print "$_\n" if tr/\n//; # if 1 or more newlines } } __DATA__ Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 5 Group 5 #### Group 3 Group 3 Group 5 Group 5 Group 5