If it is exactly that line in every file, and not just "the first value larger than 8" y You could just play games with the input record separator.

UPDATE: Sorry, misread question. Changed program. Note that your data set has a line that ends in "SIL" before the one you highlighted in red. If you want everything up to the SECOND line ending in "SIL" just repeat the "print" line.

{ local $/ = "SIL\n"; #open my $in, '<', $whatever or die "$!"; #open my $out, '>', $output or die "$!"; #print $out scalar <$in>; print scalar <DATA> for 1..2; } __DATA__ 0.642375 125 SIL 1.0705 125 ઔર્ 1.3651875 125 આત્ 1.519875 125 મ ... ... ... 7.2140627 125 સે 7.478125 125 હટ્ 7.622625 125 જા 7.956125 125 ઓ 8.192375 125 SIL 8.252 125 SIL 8.464 125 SIL 8.706 125 SIL

In reply to Re: removing lines that are in the end of a file by thundergnat
in thread removing lines that are in the end of a file by bhargavkanakiya

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