I've changed my code to the following:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

open IN,  '< :raw', $ARGV[ 0 ] or die "$ARGV[ 0 ] : $!";
open OUT, '> :raw', $ARGV[ 1 ] or die "$ARGV[ 1 ] : $!";

my $a = '<!-- rsecftr.htm - Course Sections Table Footer -->';
my $b = '<!-- rsechdr.htm - Course Sections and Course Section Search 
+Table Header -->';

my $buffer;
sysread IN, $buffer, 5800, 5800;
do{
    ## Move the second half of the buffer to the front.
    $buffer = substr( $buffer, 5800 );

    ## and overwrite it with a new chunk
    sysread IN, $buffer, 5800, length( $buffer );

     ## Apply the regex
     $buffer =~ s|$b(.*?)$a||g;
     print $buffer;

     ## Write out the first half of the buffer
     syswrite OUT, $buffer, 5800;
} until eof IN;

close IN;
close OUT;

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auburn_courses.txt contains a load of html files all bunched one after the other...I'd like to remove the bits between the footer of one section that I want to see and the header of the next section that I'd like to see. They're delimited by the $a and $b lines.

Update! All fixed, ignore me

In reply to Re^2: Running out of memory... by knewter
in thread Running out of memory... by knewter

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