Hi, Here is the O/P that I needed. I probably skipped few lines in my code during my first post . 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
my %unitMap;
my $skipNext;
my $count = 0;
my $cmd  = "somecommand";;
open my $fd, "$cmd|" or return \%unitMap;
while (my $row = <$fd>) {
        $row =~ /^$/ and next;
        $row =~  s/[,|)|(]//g;
        chomp $row;
        next if  $row =~ /^Smart/g;
        $row =~ s/^\s+//;
        if( $row =~ /^unassigned/ ){
        $skipNext = 2;
        next;
        }
        if( $skipNext ){
        $skipNext--;
        next;
        }
        print "$ow\n";

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Below is my Data exactly . 
 data
array A
physicaldrive 2C:1:1 port 2C:box 1:bay 1 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 2C:1:2 port 2C:box 1:bay 2 SAS 1 TB OK
array B
physicaldrive 2C:1:3 port 2C:box 1:bay 3 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 2C:1:4 port 2C:box 1:bay 4 SAS 1 TB OK
array C
physicaldrive 3C:1:5 port 3C:box 1:bay 5 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 3C:1:6 port 3C:box 1:bay 6 SAS 1 TB OK
array D
physicaldrive 3C:1:7 port 3C:box 1:bay 7 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 3C:1:8 port 3C:box 1:bay 8 SAS 1 TB OK
array E
physicaldrive 4C:2:1 port 4C:box 2:bay 1 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 4C:2:2 port 4C:box 2:bay 2 SAS 1 TB OK
array F
physicaldrive 4C:2:3 port 4C:box 2:bay 3 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 4C:2:4 port 4C:box 2:bay 4 SAS 1 TB OK
array G
physicaldrive 5C:2:5 port 5C:box 2:bay 5 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 5C:2:6 port 5C:box 2:bay 6 SAS 1 TB OK
array H
physicaldrive 5C:2:7 port 5C:box 2:bay 7 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 5C:2:8 port 5C:box 2:bay 8 SAS 1 TB OK
array I
physicaldrive 6C:3:1 port 6C:box 3:bay 1 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 6C:3:2 port 6C:box 3:bay 2 SAS 1 TB OK
array J
physicaldrive 6C:3:3 port 6C:box 3:bay 3 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 6C:3:4 port 6C:box 3:bay 4 SAS 1 TB OK
array K
physicaldrive 7C:3:5 port 7C:box 3:bay 5 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 7C:3:6 port 7C:box 3:bay 6 SAS 1 TB OK
unassigned
physicaldrive 7C:3:7 port 7C:box 3:bay 7 SAS 1 TB OK
physicaldrive 7C:3:8 port 7C:box 3:bay 8 SAS 1 TB OK

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a) The Aim here is to join lines starting with string array and until it hits the pattern starting with the string array again and join the lines and repeat the same for all the lines in the string . b) The Line containing unassigned and the lines after it should be removed until it hits a line containing the string array at the start of line . c) In my code , I have removed the line containing unassigned and 2 lines after it , But it should remove any number of lines after unassigned until it matches array at the start of the string . 
 data
   unassinged...
   physicaldrive .........
   physical dirve .....
   physicaldrive......
   array

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In reply to Re^2: Join multiple lines in a string based on regex. by pr33
in thread Join multiple lines in a string based on regex. by pr33

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