in reply to lines that I do not wish to be skipped

Completely untested, but would this work?

next if (/^(PA|PB|PC).*/) unless (/^PATY/);

Edit: Sorry; this was just meant as speculation. Probably better suited for the CB; my mistake.
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Re^2: lines that I do not wish to be skipped
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 11, 2008 at 18:21 UTC
    It would not.

    You cannot hang two statement modifiers on the same statement.