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c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -MO=Deparse,-p -i -lpe "s/^\s*$/<r><\/r>/g" BEGIN { $^I = ""; } ... print($_); } -e syntax OK
use constant BLANK_LINE => qr{ \A \s* \z }xms; use constant EMPTY_R_PAIR => "<r></r>\n"; ... $out = EMPTY_R_PAIR if $out =~ BLANK_LINE;