I am sure this is a fairly simple question, but I am new to Perl, and could use some help.

I have a text file (test.txt) which needs to be parsed; leading whitespace removed, and properly formatted. Then written to an output file.

Here is a snippet of the original file: 

Page    1         


         Analyze at 24-Nov-03 13:22:38                                
+      

                                      270 Mb Component                
+                                      
                                                      625 lines       
+                                                        
                                                                Video 
+Present                                                              
+               
                                                                      
+       10                                                            
+                   
Bit Video

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The text file is "cascading". I need it to appear more like this: 
Page    1         
Analyze at 24-Nov-2003 13:22:38
270 Mb Component
625 lines
Video Present 
10 Bit Video
...

[download]
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

In reply to Text File Parsing. by Anonymous Monk

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