One approach would be to reset the input record separator.

#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; $/ = "\n> "; while (<DATA>) { chomp; print; } __DATA__ .06669701$-.1672469$.02157899$.0346167$.65879324$.91614802$.45012441$r +s11080516 -.05563282$-.00141932$.00036263$.00035752$.00541792$.00345471$.9269254 +3$rs11080 > 530 -.00042649$-.00475721$.00167316$.00182299$.99057815$.90393977$.6990673 +3$rs11080 > 537 .10901125$.0361255$.02148475$.00853908$.74113541$.45908988$.68361003$r +s11080542 -.03866776$-.05004879$.00185491$.00145606$.38131545$.36141448$.1755140 +3$rs11080 > 557 -.004521$.01312692$.00033174$.00070174$.77873394$.88615378$.63499741$r +s1108056 .0339248$.02398934$.00276444$.00303152$.80478053$.55026576$.67512938$r +s11080561

outputs:

.06669701$-.1672469$.02157899$.0346167$.65879324$.91614802$.45012441$r +s11080516 -.05563282$-.00141932$.00036263$.00035752$.00541792$.00345471$.9269254 +3$rs11080530 -.00042649$-.00475721$.00167316$.00182299$.99057815$.90393977$.6990673 +3$rs11080537 .10901125$.0361255$.02148475$.00853908$.74113541$.45908988$.68361003$r +s11080542 -.03866776$-.05004879$.00185491$.00145606$.38131545$.36141448$.1755140 +3$rs11080557 -.004521$.01312692$.00033174$.00070174$.77873394$.88615378$.63499741$r +s1108056 .0339248$.02398934$.00276444$.00303152$.80478053$.55026576$.67512938$r +s11080561

EDIT:
The simple example I gave just outputs the data, but, instead, you could push each line onto an array or append it to a string for further processing.


In reply to Re: append data to previous line by fishmonger
in thread append data to previous line by Anonymous Monk

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