in reply to Converting multiple lines into single line.
this was posted 4 days ago on the Perl Guru forum: http://perlguru.com/gforum.cgi?post=84614;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread.
And both BillKSmith and myself tried to provide working solutions more than two days ago, despite the fact that your initial question there was far less precise and less clear than your OP here above.
There is nothing wrong with cross posting, but it is considered good practice to inform people that you have posted somewhere else to avoid duplication of work in different parts of the Internet.
And, whether or not the solutions provided by Bill and myself fully satisfied your needs, I am a bit surprised that you ask again the same thing here but, as of now, did not care to answer our posts helping you on that other forum.