Re^4: How to check lines that start with the same word then delete one of them

Pretty much what I meant, thanks!

Minor nitpick, I'd assign the first match to a normal var.

Special vars like $1 can get overwritten easily by "more code" before seen is set.

Cheers Rolf
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Re^5: How to check lines that start with the same word then delete one of them by hippo (Archbishop) on Apr 10, 2020 at 13:38 UTC
Cool - glad we're in agreement. You are quite right about limiting the chances of stomping on $1 and friends, of course. The test script could be polished no doubt but I didn't want to spend/waste time on that before agnes00 confirmed that this does actually solve the problem. The requirements as stated were a little wooly.	[reply]
Re^6: How to check lines that start with the same word then delete one of them by LanX (Saint) on Apr 10, 2020 at 18:35 UTC
> I didn't want to spend/waste time on that ... The requirements as stated were a little wooly. That's why I thanked you for implementing it. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]