The thing about File::ReadBackwards is that it kinda assumes you are reading a log file or other text-oriented data, sorted into records by line, and that you want to read them in backwards order but not actually reverse the lines themselves (not an unreasonable assumption, but I didn't assume it myself.)

My interpretation of the question was that the data itself should be reversed from the blank line on.. so my code below gives that, while Dave's contribution above gives.. the first thing I said.

-d