in reply to removing two words and integer

use something like 

s/size of [\d\.]+//;

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and I may suggest that you read a bit about regualr expressions (perldoc perlretut for example)

si_lence

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Re^2: removing two words and integer
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2004 at 18:12 UTC
    There's no need to escape the . with \ inside of [].
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      You are -of course - right.
      My bad.
      Not my day today..

      si_lence (embarrassed of giving advise while making mistakes)
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