Thanks to all that replied - Corion, great answer ~ I guess I am tired after a long week at work

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

my @words;
my $line;

open (DICT, "< final.txt");
@words= <DICT>;
close (DICT);

foreach $line(@words) {

  if ($line =~ /s.*h/i) {
        if ( ($line =~ /s.*s/i) || ($line =~ /h.*h/i) ) {
        next;
        }
  print $line;
  }
}

exit;

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Produces some great words ha ha!

asthmatic
asthmatical
asthmatically
asthmatoid
asthmogenic
asthore
asthorin
astrachan
astrakhan
astraphobia
astraphobic
astrapophobia
astrochronological
...
crystallographically
crystallography
crystallophyllian
crystograph
ctesiphon
cubbish
cubbishly
cuemanship
cuish
cultish
cultishly
culture shock
cumshaw
cunctatorship
cuneoscaphoid
cuproscheelite
curateship
curatorship
curiosity killed the cat

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Thanks! Nick

In reply to Re^2: Dictionary filter regex by Linicks
in thread Dictionary filter regex by Linicks

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