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$value = "<a href='\\192.161.254.00\share\Testing\Company ABC\Discovery <br>Forms\587 <br>Read and Write Gold V8.0.doc' target='_blank' >File on <br>Cshare</a>";


while ($value =~ m/(href='.*?)<br>(.*?')/gsi)
        {
            $value =~ s/(href='.*?)<br>(.*?')/$1$2/gsi;
        }
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