#!/usr/bin/perl -w; open IN, "file.in" or die "file.in: $!"; open OUT, ">file.out" or die ">file.out: $!" while () { if ($_ =~ /^\d/) { print OUT $_; } } close IN; close OUT; #### #!/usr/bin/perl -ni.bak if ($_ =~ /^\d/) { print $_; }