#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Text::CSV;
use Data::Dumper;


my $file="test.txt";
my $csv = Text::CSV->new({binary => 1,allow_whitespace => 1});

open my $fh, "<:encoding(utf8)", $file or die "Could not open $file: $
+!\n";
my @rows;
while (my $row = $csv->getline($fh)) {
      push @rows,$row;
}

my $user_to_delete = shift;

if ($user_to_delete) {
   @rows = grep { $_->[0] !~ /$user_to_delete/ } @rows;
   print Dumper @rows; 
} else {
   die "No user entered\n";
}

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Hi BrianMonk,

If you will be parsing CSV files, using Text::CSV is a good idea. It handles fields where there may be a comma in the data and other good things I'm sure.

In reply to Re: problem with deleting a row by trippledubs
in thread problem with deleting a row by brianMonk

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