#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $outfile="out.html"; my $final="final.txt"; open OUTFILE, "<$outfile"; open FINAL, ">$final"; while () { s/
//gi; print FINAL if /(line\d*=(\d|[A-Za-z]{3}\s).)/; } #### line1=10 line3=20 line3=30 line4=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line5=60 line6=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line7=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line8=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line20=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line30=60 line40=Jambalaya #erroneous input, should not print to final.txt line100=45 line 200=Mon May 18 02:27:58 EDT 2009 line1000=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line1001=90 line 2000=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 #erroneous input, should not print to final.txt line2001=100 line10000=50 line10001=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 #### line1=10 line3=20 line3=30 line4=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line5=60 line6=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line7=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line8=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line20=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line30=60 line100=45 line1000=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009 line1001=90 line2001=100 line10000=50 line10001=Mon May 18 02:28:58 EDT 2009