#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; local $/ = undef; my $data = ; { my $out=''; while($data =~ s|\A(.*?)([^<]*)||s) { $out .= $1.prepare_string($2); } $data=$out.$data; } print $data; ## subs ## sub prepare_string { my $string = shift; my $chunk_size = 10; my $prepared_string; for (my $i = 0; $i <= length($string); $i+=$chunk_size){ my $part = substr($string, $i, $chunk_size); $prepared_string .= "$part\n"; } return $prepared_string; } __DATA__ Hallo liebe Perl- Geme(i)nde. diesmal mit leerzeile abc V[iel]e Grüße leo11ps.: schönen abend