First, <code> tags are easy to use. When you're entering your post, type something like this:

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<code>

for my $i (1 .. 10) {
   print "And a $_,\n";
}
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</code>

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And it will come out looking nice. If you leave off the <code> and </code>, it will be all jumbled together and people will yell at you. Also, instead of typing a row of equal signs like you've been doing, you can instead use <hr>, which stands for horizontal rule.

Second, as runrig says, there's probably something weird in your input file. Try looking at line 1840. Try making a smaller input file to make testing easier.

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• Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
• Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:

  <code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>

• Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
• Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.