... a way to capitalize the names of every word in each entry except for the words such as: "and", "or", "the" etc.

I have a feeling there has to be a module for this somewhere, but it is really not that hard, if you just have a list of words that should not be upcased.

Well, there is also the question of what constitutes a word ... this is just one of many ways. Season to taste: 

print capitalize("red hot chili peppers\nby the way\n");

{
  my %exception;
  sub capitalize {
    my $string = shift;
    %exception = map{$_=>1}qw(and or the a an etc)
      unless keys %exception;
    $string =~ s/(\w+)/$exception{$1}?$1:ucfirst($1)/ge;
    return $string;
  }
}

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The Sidhekin
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In reply to Re: RegExp Capitalization of Entry by Sidhekin
in thread RegExp Capitalization of Entry by bladx

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