... if there are other strings with similar patterns in the file, like { AnotherName 4.5.6 xxx xxxx}, do I have to write separate perl scripts ...

Ah, what's in a name? A set of names could be defined as
    my $name = qr{ \b (?: Phil | Bob | Hal) \b }xms;
and used in tybalt89's substitution statement as
    s/.*\K\{ $name.*\}//s;
(untested). However, you have to define what constitutes a "name".

Update 1: Similarly, a "dotted decimal" regex could be defined that would match any dotted decimal (with optional embedded whitespace), some subset, or... For instance (also untested): 

my $dotted_decimal = qr{
  (?<! \d) \d+ (?: \s* [.] \s* \d+){2,3} (?! \d)
  }xms;

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This can, I think, be broken over arbitrary lines. Again, you must decide what is needed in your application.

Update 2: I've changed the  $dotted_decimal definition above to conform to the expanded specification examples provided here: counted quantifier  {2} changed to  {2,3} instead (and it's still untested).

Give a man a fish:  <%-{-{-{-<

In reply to Re^3: Delete a string possibly over two lines by AnomalousMonk
in thread Delete a string possibly over two lines by texuser

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