> (2) but at the same time, there are a number of lines containing data
> that I want to delete the whole line for (example - any line that has
> xwy or abc, I do not want to write out to the new file.)
>
> I put the values in an array, hoping to use the regular expression
> match on
> a single
:
: I put the values in an array, hoping to use the regular
: expression match on
: a single item in the array, but it's not working. It works
: when I do them
: one at a time, but that would be a waste.
: @words = qq{abc xwy};
:
: foreach $word(@words)
:
:
I have a file, with lines such as:
|abc|john|smith|*0*7778745|[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|def|jane|bubbley|*0*345645|[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|xwyzeightyeight|harold|buffer|*0*|[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|the|one|andonly|*0*7438745|[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are two things I am trying to do with data from a file. (1) I wan
