my $process_file = $rrconfig::locodata; my $process_file2 = $rrconfig::availlocodata; my @data; my @data2; { open(my $data_file_handle, '<', "$process_file") or die("Can't open file: $process_file"); open(my $data_file_handle2, '<', "$process_file2") or die("Can't open file: $process_file2"); @data = <$data_file_handle>; @data2 = <$data_file_handle2>; close($data_file_handle); close($data_file_handle2); close $process_file; close $process_file2; } chomp(@data); chomp(@data2); open(my $out_file_handle,'>', $process_file) or die("Can't open file: $process_file"); open(my $out_file_handle2,'>', $process_file2) or die("Can't open file: $process_file2"); foreach my $line_from_file ( @data ) { my @field = split( /\:/, $line_from_file ); next if( ($field[1] eq $delroad) && ($field[2] == $delnumber) ); print $out_file_handle $line_from_file, "\n"; } foreach my $line_from_file2 ( @data2 ) { my @field2 = split( /\:/, $line_from_file2 ); next if( ($field2[1] eq $delroad) && ($field2[2] == $delnumber) ); print $out_file_handle2 $line_from_file2, "\n"; } close $out_file_handle; close $out_file_handle2; close $process_file; . close $process_file2;