my @text_remove = ('[TEXT-2]', '[TEXT-4]', '[TEXT-7]');
my @xlate_data = ('[TEXT-1] Data Test ', '[TEXT-2] Second line tacked 
+onto #1', '[TEXT-3] Line #3', '[TEXT-4] 4th line goes with #3', '[TEX
+T-5] five-five-FIVE', '[TEXT-6] Five was a Zappa reference...', '[TEX
+T-7]  This is a longer entry. But really not much different. I should
+ be part of #6');
my %text_remove;
@text_remove{@text_remove} = @text_remove;

foreach my $xlate_pos (1..$#xlate_data) {
  my $data = $xlate_data[$xlate_pos];
  if( $text_remove{($data=~/^(\[[\w-]+\])/)[0]} ){
        $data =~ s/^\[[\w-]\]\s*/ /;
        $xlate_data[$xlate_pos -1] .= $data;
        $xlate_data[$xlate_pos] = '';
  }
}
@xlate_data = grep{$_}@xlate_data;

 foreach (@xlate_data) {
         print "NOW: $_\n";
 }
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