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This may not be optimal for your situation, but it is possible to change your linebreak value to something more suitable to your needs;

#Untested { # localize the block local $/ = q{ } # space character is the new newline my $fh; unless (open $fh, "<".$logfile_name) { die ("File open failure\n\t$!\n"); } my $buffer; while (<$fh>) { next if /\n/; if (/^\d\d:\d\d:\d\d/) { print $buffer." "; $buffer = $_; } else { $buffer .= $_." "; } print $buffer; close $fh; }