Here's my go using a flag.
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $del_qual; while (<DATA>){ if (/^\S/){ if (/^\w+clk\[\d+\]/){ $del_qual = 0; } else{ $del_qual = 1; } } next if $del_qual and /\s+QUALIFIED/; print qq{$_}; } __DATA__ qclk[6] INPUT ( ! "asdk fd sasd" VALID ( late_lead 3 ar qclk slope 20 late_lead 3 af qclk slope 04 early_dn 8 ar qclk slope 6 early_up 6 af qclk slope 6 ) cext %0.00394757 cmax %0.005504 QUALIFIED ) clkout_qclk_61[3] OUTPUT ( ) clkout_qclk_61[2] OUTPUT ( REQUIRED ( earlyp 0.5 br qclk clm(2) latel_up 5 bf qclk clk(2) ) REQUIRED ( early_lead_dn 0.004 bf qclk clkdom(2) late_trail_dn 0.005 br qclk clkdom(2) ) cext %0.0647336 max_ceff_up %0.187 QUALIFIED )
qclk[6] INPUT ( ! "asdk fd sasd" VALID ( late_lead 3 ar qclk slope 20 late_lead 3 af qclk slope 04 early_dn 8 ar qclk slope 6 early_up 6 af qclk slope 6 ) cext %0.00394757 cmax %0.005504 QUALIFIED ) clkout_qclk_61[3] OUTPUT ( ) clkout_qclk_61[2] OUTPUT ( REQUIRED ( earlyp 0.5 br qclk clm(2) latel_up 5 bf qclk clk(2) ) REQUIRED ( early_lead_dn 0.004 bf qclk clkdom(2) late_trail_dn 0.005 br qclk clkdom(2) ) cext %0.0647336 max_ceff_up %0.187 )
I've assumed that the start of each record is a non space character in the first column.

In reply to Re^6: Substitute in a subparagraph by wfsp
in thread Substitute in a subparagraph by guyov1

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