Re: Perl Script - deleting lines

rsands_at_lendleaserei.com wrote:
>
> hello all,
>
> I'm trying to convert some scripts into perl,
> learning as I go. What's the best way to delete
> an entire line from a text file? I'm having no
> trouble substituting values, but there are a
> couple of lines I need to remove entirely,
> preferrably by matching the first part of the
> text in the line.

$variable=`cat $filename`;
$variable =~ s/string.*\n//gis;
print $variable;

off the top of my head :0)

g

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