in reply to match across specified # of lines
Make your dot-stars non-greedy, and use the 'm' modifier:
$_=" Blah junk .PP blah more stuff .PP boo razz "; print $1 if /^(\.PP.*?\n.*?\n\.PP)/m; #prints .PP blah more stuff .PP
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Re^2: match across specified # of lines
by bill b (Initiate) on Jun 13, 2013 at 14:50 UTC |