I understand what you are saying but that didn't solve it for some reason

           local $/ = "";   # put into paragraph mode (separated by one or more blank lines
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

sub slurpie {
      local $/ = "";   # put into paragraph mode (separated by one or more blank lines
      while (<DATA>) {
           next unless /^\w\w.+(\w\w).+(\d+).+(\w\w)/sg;  #should only match first paragraph
           print "$_\n";
      }
}


slurpie();

__DATA__
hi
hi
234
hi

hoi
sdfsdfsdf23423
hi

hi
hi
1234

1

:!././././././././././perl_slurp.pl
hi
hi
234
hi


hoi
sdfsdfsdf23423
hi


hi
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1234

In reply to Re^5: $/ question by convenientstore
in thread $/ question by convenientstore

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