Hi monks,
I have file with contents
root@phaniraj ~]# cat p1
usmat-d0209.mail.aol.com
CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0210.mail.aol.com
CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0211.mail.aol.com
CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0212.mail.aol.com
CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0213.mail.aol.com
CentOS release 4.7 (Final)

I want to modify file to get output like

usmat-d0209.mail.aol.com CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0210.mail.aol.com CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0211.mail.aol.com CentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0212.mail.aol.com CentOS release 4.7 (Final)

[root@phaniraj ~]# cat p1 | perl -p -e 's/^(usmat.*)\n(.*)/$1 phani $2
+ raj/m '

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From the above code i am getting result as
usmat-d0209.mail.aol.com phani rajCentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0210.mail.aol.com phani rajCentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0211.mail.aol.com phani rajCentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0212.mail.aol.com phani rajCentOS release 4.7 (Final)
usmat-d0213.mail.aol.com phani rajCentOS release 4.7 (Final)

It is not matching second line properly

In reply to The regular expression in perl one liner not giving the expected output by perladdict

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