You can do both, perl will allow you to modify existing file or create new one. It will depend on your requirements. I would suggest you to do following:

  1. Understand the requirement before thinking on the implementation. In your case one angle of requirement is to find and remove the given block/string but what to do next is missing.
  2. Once you know what is required, try yourself, at-least give it a shot. If you still are not able to solve your issue, come to the monks with what you have tried. I am sure you will get good response and solutions.
  3. Before posting the question have look on how to format and post your question. At-least preview it before posting. Bad formatting will make it difficult to comprehend.

Update:Corrected some typo.
Regards,
Ashish

In reply to Re: find a string and delete the lines associated with that.. by ashish.kvarma
in thread find a string and delete the lines associated with that.. by shweta.mehta20

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