Looks like your shell (bash ?) is reporting the error.

Since you are passing a string to perl that is supposed to be enclosed in single-quotes, you need to use SHELL-ESCAPE characters if you want to use single-quote inside that string. Or, use double-quotes.

Shell-escape is usually a backslash, similar to perl, so you need to b aware as to which backslash gets eaten by the shell, and which one is for perl's consumption.

Update: Ignore this - While the diagnosis is correct, the proposed solution is wrong. Better information in my response below...

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In reply to Re: Delete a line from the file by NetWallah
in thread Delete a line from the file by ajd335

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