Hello Kenneth,

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 you wrote:
KJM> Given the content of a file as:
KJM> AAAA
KJM> BBBB

KJM> CCCC
KJM> DDDD

KJM> EEEE
KJM> FFFF

KJM> I want it rearranged in the following format using Perl:
KJM> AAAA    BBBB
KJM> CCCC    DDDD
KJM> EEEE    FFFF

one way:
open(FIN, $fpin) or die "no file";
my @FIN = <FIN>;
close(FIN);
my $str = join("x", @FIN);
$str =~ s/\nx\nx/\n/g;
$str =~ s/\nx/\t/g;
open(FOUT, ">$fpout");
print FOUT $str;
close(FOUT);
exit;

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