TIMTOWTDI ... but this works for me:

use strict;
use warnings;

use feature 'say';

local $/="__data__\n";

while (my $record=<DATA>){
#  say "<$record>";
  my @lines = split /\n/, $record;
  say $lines[0];
}



__DATA__
1aaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
__data__
1bbbbbbbbbb
bbbbbbbbbbb
bbbbbbbbbbb
__data__
1cccccccccc
ccccccccccc
ccccccccccc
__data__

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output 

1aaaaaaaaaa
1bbbbbbbbbb
1cccccccccc

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> I need a solution that follows the code question...

what does this mean?

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re: How to display first line of each record using the question code by LanX
in thread How to display first line of each record using the question code by SatisfyMyStruggles

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