How about this? 

use strict;

my $width = 60;

while ( <DATA> ) {
    chomp;
    my ($len,$more);
    my $char;

    next if ( /^[^\w\d]/ );
    
    $char = substr($_,0,1);

    if ( ($len = length()) < $width ) {
        $more  = $width - $len;
        print $_ . $char x $more,"\n";
    } else {
        print "$_\n";
    }
}


##

__DATA__
111111111111111111111
222222222222222222222
333333333333333333333


111111111111111111111
222222222222222222222
333333333333333333333

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output was: 
perl monks1.pl
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333


111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

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