Re: Clearing lines in a file based on an array containing the lines

When you put the names of the fields in a hash

my %erasethese = map { $_ => 1 } qw(structuralObjectClass entryUUID
                                    creatorsName modifiersName createT
+imestamp
                                    modifyTimestamp entryCSN);
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you can then write

    print FILE $LINE unless exists $erasethese{$array[0]};
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which would test if $array[0] is any of the keywords (which - if I've understood you correctly - is what you want to achieve).

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Re^2: Clearing lines in a file based on an array containing the lines by Anonymous Monk on Apr 22, 2009 at 20:54 UTC
Thank you Almut... that was awesome. I was 'this' close (holding fingers very close together.) Thank you monks for your assistance. Much appreciated.	[reply]