At the moment I have this code snippet... 
#!/usr/bin/perl
while(<>) {
        chomp;
        s/^\s+//;
        s/\s+$//;
        next if /^$/; #Next if empty...
        #do something with the text copied to this loop...
        
        #just to do something as an example...
        print "$_ \n";
}

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It's working fine and is doing what I want it to do - with one little exception... If I copy not just one line but multiple lines to the loop, it just prints the first of this lines. If i want it to print more of this lines I have to press enter repeatedly till it is done... if I copy or write anything to he loop until the lines are all done it mixes them up... But I want it to be able to process more then one line at a time - example: What it does: 
#1st Example
a  #input (a)
a  #output

#2nd Example
a  #input (a newline b pasted to the loop)
ba #input and output
   #press enter
b  #output

#3rd Example
a  #input (a newline b pasted to the loop)
ba #input and output
c  #input (c)
bc #output and output

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What I want it to do: 
a #input
a #output

a #input (a newline b pasted to the loop)
b #continuing
a #output
b #without pressing enter again

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Problem is - I'm not sure what to change because I can't find out why this is happening... Any idea?

In reply to Copy multiple lines to a loop by eyekona

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