in reply to Looking for less code

Here you go Sun751, one line!
while ($line = <DATA>) { if ($line =~ /WNT/ || $line =~ /U +NX/) { print "$line\n"; } if ($fl +ag) { if ($target_db ne 'sql') { + next if ($line =~ /$target_db/i); } + else { next if ($line =~ /informix/i | +| $line =~ /oracle/i) } print $FH "$line"; + if ($line =~ /$target_os/) { un +def $flag; next; } } if ( +$line =~ /UNX/ || $line =~ /WNT/ || $line =~ /COMPONENT/) { + if(!(defined $flag)) { $flag = 1 +; print $FH "$line"; } } }