#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; open(my $in, '<', 'out2.txt') or die "Cannot open input.txt: $!"; open(my $out, '>', 'out2_mod.sp') or die "Cannot open output.txt: $!"; while (<$in>) { print $out $_ unless /XXXXX/; } close($in); close($out); #### PPPPP XXXXX is my name YYYYY KKKKK UUUUU BBBBB CCCCCC XXXXX is what I play KKKKK NNNNN #### KKKKK UUUUU BBBBB NNNNN