my $source = "Whatsnew.html";
my $destination = "hw5.txt";

open IN, $source or die "Can't read source file $source: $!\n";
open OUT, ">$destination" or die "Can't write on file $destination:
$!\n";

print "Copying $source to $destination\n";



while(<IN>){

  if(/^\s+&nbsp;(\d\d\/\d\d:) #match 1st line
                   \s*
                   (<a\s+href
                   [^>]
                   +>)
                   (.*?)\s*$
                   /isx

  )
  {
    if(length($3) >= 1){
      print OUT "$1" ,"$3 " ;
    }
    elsif(length($3)==0){
      print OUT "$1";
    }
  }
  elsif(/^\s*(.*?)<\/a><br>\s*$/) #match 2nd line
  {
    my $subject = $1;
    print OUT "$subject"  ;
    print OUT "\n";
    last if /Planning Letter PL\-329/;# ends section I care about

  }

}

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