abc/def sde/dfg/htf #### abc/def = 100 sde/dfg/htf = 230 dad/fry = 000 #### my $var = "sde\\/dfg\\/htf"; `sed -i '/$var/d' ADT_DVEBMGS33_ldciadt`; #### my $len = scalar @delete; for ( my $i = 0; $i <=$len; $i++){ my $first = $delete[$i]; chomp $first; $first =~ s:/:\\\\/:g; `sed -i "/$first/d" file2`; }