#!/usr/bin/perl
while(<DATA>){

 if (/\{TT\}/ .. /^\{TAG\}/)
                {
                unless (/^\{(TT|TAG)\}/)
                        {
                        $deletestrings = $_;
                #if($_ =~ m/^D$/){
                print $_;
               open FILE, '>list.txt';
               print FILE $_;
               close FILE;
              $_ = '' if index( $_, "$deletestrings" ) >= 0;
                }
        }
}
__DATA__
S 9912290449 00005941^B{TT}
D
{TAG}
9912290449
{PUBLICATION}
THE OS
{DATE}
000101

S 9912290450 00005941^B{TT}
R
{TAG}
9912290450
{DATE}
000101
{TDATE}
Saturday, January 1, 2000


S 9912290451 00005941^B{TT}
D
{TAG}
9912290451
{DATE}
000101
{TDATE}
Saturday, January 1, 2000

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Now the above writes the lines which is between {TT} and {TAG}. The output is 
S 9912290449 00005941^B{TT}
D
S 9912290450 00005941^B{TT}
R
S 9912290451 00005941^B{TT}
D

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How to write only two lines which has the character D to the file. In the file: only 
S 9912290449 00005941^B{TT}
D
S 9912290451 00005941^B{TT}
D

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should be writeen

In reply to Re^2: delete lines till by Anonymous Monk
in thread delete lines till by Anonymous Monk

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