Hi all- I am new to perl and am trying to use it modify the text in a file. I have a good understanding of the fundamentals but am still struggling with pattern matching and substitution. Here is my problem:

I have a file with the text-
- Some words here
- some other words on this line
- you get the idea
I need to remove the '-' from each line and have the output look like this:
'SOME WORDS HERE'/
'SOME OTHER WORDS ON THIS LINE'/
'YOU GET THE IDEA'
(no forward slash on last line and each line starts a new line) for up to 30 lines. Any help with any part of this problem would be great. Thanks in advance for any suggestions -Joe

In reply to Text manipulation with perl by jriggs420

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