#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Getopt::Long; GetOptions( 'FileIn=s' => \my $fileIn, 'FileOut=s' => \my $fileOut, ); if ($fileIn && $fileOut) { open(INPUT,"<","$fileIn"); my $entry = ""; while () { next if /^\n/; if (/^HEADER/ .. /^\)/) { # flip-flop $entry .= $_; # accumulate input } if (/^\)/) { # end of entry # check for desired type of entry if ($entry =~ /^HEADER(.*?)^\s*GENRE_BY(.*)/sm) { print $entry; } $entry = ""; # reset accumulator } } }