Hi,
I've got a very weird problem that is floating high above my head. Here's the concept code below. 

open(FD,"+< named.conf");
$domain="domain.com";
while(<FD>) {
    if (/^zone \"$domain\" \{/ .. /\}\;/) {
        print;  #show me that config block
    }
}
close(FD);

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As you can see I'm working with the infamous named.conf bind config file. The routine works great for what I want it to do (pull out each zone block). BUT, I want to then remove the config block from the file and rewrite it, it will print the config block plus everything around it, not the opposite of the block. See this example. 

open(FD,"+< named.conf");
$domain="domain.com";
while(<FD>) {
    if ($_ !~ /^zone \"$domain\" \{/ .. /\}\;/) {
        print;  #show me everything but what I asked for
 push (@outtext,$_); #put it away for later use
    }
}
close(FD);

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What am I doing wrong to make it display EVERYTHING instead of the opposite of what I told it to ignore? (?)

Thanks,
-reid

In reply to Removing lines from a file. by mofo

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