open (FILE, ">>$filename") or die "$!";

I have two sets of the data in my file. I only want one. It works fine as long as the user doesn't try to delete a duplicate. The duplicate is causing my issues.

Have you tried printing the data to screen to check to make sure they are there?

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So you then you'll have to test to find out if the file is empty or not before running this. Are you asking how to do that, or where?

the data is there up to the point where the interface removes the file-lock. If I remove the file-lock by the command line the data is still there. Or if I try to access the page again via the interface and then have the interface delete the lock it's fine.