Hello Monks,

I have some doubts regarding a regex on how to deal with white spaces and new lines. I have tried some code but none of them are working. (I am not that good in Programming or Perl but I am trying to do this hopefully in Perl).

Actually, I want to take out all the white spaces(spaces & tabs). Also If we have more than two newlines between each paragraph we should reduce it to two new lines.

This is a sample input,

START:The Product Manager is a deep expert on specific feature(s), ser
+vice(s) or interface(s) that Mimecast provides or sells.  This could 
+be a service delivered through the cloud, or installable software tha
+t customers will use on their computers, SmartPhones, tablets and sim
+ilar devices.
                      
                                                 
               
               
 
For each product under your remit, you will have a good understanding 
+of the competitors in the market and their pricing, as well as the re
+levance of the feature to IT administrators, users and customers.  Yo
+u will use this knowledge to formulate a roadmap of feature enhanceme
+nts or, if required, the development of entirely new products and ser
+vices.
             

                                   


                                            
                   

                       

If this sounds like you, then please read on…..
 
                    
                          
            
You will be required to spend time sharing ideas and product concepts 
+with customers to gauge feedback, honing the feature pitch, and using
+ this information to assist the Product Director with pricing deliber
+ations.


                        
 
                    
     
     
                         
                    
Your role will see you managing development through the entire develop
+ment lifecycle, whereafter you will be responsible for launching impr
+ovements to Mimecast internally on a global scale.  You will be comfo
+rtable assisting with the authoring of collateral for web-sites, prin
+table assets and to be integrated into appropriate media packs.
               
            
                            
                                                  
                                 
                                                
                           
 
You will take strategic guidance from your line manager, the product d
+irector, and will work closely with the technical product managers on
+ the team to ensure products are delivered on time.

                :END

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This is the desired output,

START:The Product Manager is a deep expert on specific feature(s), ser
+vice(s) or interface(s) that Mimecast provides or sells.  This could 
+be a service delivered through the cloud, or installable software tha
+t customers will use on their computers, SmartPhones, tablets and sim
+ilar devices.


For each product under your remit, you will have a good understanding 
+of the competitors in the market and their pricing, as well as the re
+levance of the feature to IT administrators, users and customers.  Yo
+u will use this knowledge to formulate a roadmap of feature enhanceme
+nts or, if required, the development of entirely new products and ser
+vices.


If this sounds like you, then please read on…..


You will be required to spend time sharing ideas and product concepts 
+with customers to gauge feedback, honing the feature pitch, and using
+ this information to assist the Product Director with pricing deliber
+ations.


Your role will see you managing development through the entire develop
+ment lifecycle, whereafter you will be responsible for launching impr
+ovements to Mimecast internally on a global scale.  You will be comfo
+rtable assisting with the authoring of collateral for web-sites, prin
+table assets and to be integrated into appropriate media packs.


You will take strategic guidance from your line manager, the product d
+irector, and will work closely with the technical product managers on
+ the team to ensure products are delivered on time.:END

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Please help monks.

Thanks in advance.

In reply to How to remove white space and more than a particular number of new lines! by Anonymous Monk

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