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We can avoid pushing into an array @file if the goal is just to print it out:

while(<DATA>)
{
    chomp;

    # find out if there's a line continuation
    #   and remove the trailing backslash
    my $cont = s/\\\s*$//;

    # print without newline, no matter what
    print;

    # decide whether to end print with newline
    print "\n" unless $cont;
}
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Update: Actually, a simple substitution would suffice:

while (<DATA>)
{
    s/\\\s*\n//;
    print;
}
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In reply to Re^2: Reading "slices" out of a file at known start markers by repellent
in thread Reading "slices" out of a file at known start markers by hacker

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