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A program that uses a value field that does formatting.

   
#!/usr/local/bin/perl 

$string = "Here\nis a line of\ntext.\n"; 
$~ = "OUTLINE"; 
write; 

format OUTLINE = 
^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 
$string 

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