Re^3: Match pattern per line and after another one as multiline in single file opening

In that view, I would use only the OP's second program. All comments can be removed with a single substitution: $data =~ s/^\s*#.*?\n//msg;

Bill

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Re^4: Match pattern per line and after another one as multiline in single file opening by kennethk (Abbot) on Feb 15, 2017 at 16:30 UTC
I agree, though his regex also stripped empty lines, so maybe `$data =~ s/^(?:\s#.)?\n//mg;` #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Match pattern per line and after another one as multiline in single file opening by Yakup (Novice) on Dec 03, 2018 at 13:14 UTC
I know it is almost two years after, but I just want to thank you all for your suggestions. I wasn't visiting this site often in the meantime, as I have spent time on project with a strong preference for python. I think my Perl code wasn't used at the end. I remember that the original file was dhcp configuration file at RHEL5, but I don't remember what data exactly I was trying to extract at the time. Once again thanks!	[reply]