Hello Monks,

I want to clean a chunk of data into an eye catching format. I tried replacing newlines but an not getting it correct.

What I have now is like this,

 $data = '3rd Line Support - Managed Services  &  Hosting

     Caerphilly, Wales - Circa 40k DOE + Excellent Company Benefits







     Permanent       

Posted: Wednesday, 29 May 2013       

















     



   



3rd Line Support - Managed Services  &  Hosting




Role:



Providing support to client's infrastructures and maintaining high ava
+ilability through proactive measures



Resolving complex server issues escalated by other internal department
+s by administration and troubleshooting problems.

Ensuring clients  &  partners are updated on current status of issues

Implement operational procedures, tools and best practice as defined i
+n corporate business plan

Ensure that knowledge is retained through documentation of processes a
+nd procedures and implementation of server changes.

Updating and maintaining our Knowledge base software.



Documenting troubleshooting carried out



Ensure all changes are documented through the change management proces
+s

Execute change management tasks in line with defined processes




Assist in the analysis and resolution of problems as raised by the pro
+blem management functions';
[download]

I want to change it into,

 $data = '3rd Line Support - Managed Services  &  Hosting

Caerphilly, Wales - Circa 40k DOE + Excellent Company Benefits

Permanent       

Posted: Wednesday, 29 May 2013       


3rd Line Support - Managed Services  &  Hosting

Role:

Providing support to client's infrastructures and maintaining high ava
+ilability through proactive measures

Resolving complex server issues escalated by other internal department
+s by administration and troubleshooting problems.

Ensuring clients  &  partners are updated on current status of issues

Implement operational procedures, tools and best practice as defined i
+n corporate business plan

Ensure that knowledge is retained through documentation of processes a
+nd procedures and implementation of server changes.

Updating and maintaining our Knowledge base software.

Documenting troubleshooting carried out

Ensure all changes are documented through the change management proces
+s

Execute change management tasks in line with defined processes

Assist in the analysis and resolution of problems as raised by the pro
+blem management functions';
[download]

Bascically nee to reduce the new lines, if it is more than 2 and replace it with just 2 new lines.

The code I tried is,  $data=~ s/\n{2,50}/\n\n/g; but it is not working.

Pls any Monks can help me out of this.

Thanks in advance.

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