Can i identify tis pattern (.*|)3 times and have a \n inserted after that?

You haven't mentioned how large the file is.  If it fits into memory, you can read the file into a string and then do

while ($s =~ /(.*?)\|(.*?)\|(.*?)\|/g) {
    print "$1\t$2\t$3\n";
}
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or, if you want to keep the pipe symbols as is

while ($s =~ /((?:.*?\|){3})/g) {
    print "$1\n";
}
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In case the file is huge, you can do instead

local $/ = "|";   # set input record separator

while (<>) {
    print $_, scalar <>, scalar <>, "\n";
}
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(requires that you have multiples of 3 number of "...|" items (when using <>) — otherwise you'd have to test for eof in between reading the records)

Update: or simply use the modulus operator (%) to insert a \n after every 3 records:

local $/ = "|";

while (<>) {
    print;
    print "\n" unless $. % 3;
}
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