jim-

i'm sorry you can't make my unwrap script work for you.
you haven't given me enough info that i can help you out.
and your attitude is so bad that i am not inclined even to
give you simple advice that would sidestep the problem...

i'm _quite_ sure the program works just fine; after all,
it's nothing but a set of reg-ex changes.  nonetheless...

if _anyone_else_ finds that you can't make it work either,
then i _invite_ you to make a post here on this listserve,
and i will do my best to get to the root of your problem.
unfortunately, jim's problem is rooted _far_ too deeply
for me to be able to do anything about it...

and if you don't want to mess with a perl script at all,
go ahead and use the web-service that i've created:
>   http://z-m-l.com/go/unwrap.pl

paste your text into the field, then click "unwrap it!",
and then copy the unwrapped text from the window...

-bowerbird