in reply to Re^2: How can i catch strings matching a regex across multiple lines?
in thread How can i catch strings matching a regex across multiple lines?

Not quite. See perlvar, "INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR": setting $/ to an empty string sets the input record separator to "two or more consecutive empty lines." That's what he wants here, since his records are separated by a blank line.

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