Deleting lines from files

Sadmachine has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm reading each line of a file and when I find a specific line I want to delete that line from the file without leaving a blank line in the file.

Anyone know how to do this?

Sadmachine

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Re: Deleting lines from files by azatoth (Curate) on Jun 05, 2001 at 17:30 UTC
Read This : How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file? It's not hard to do, but we all learn quicker when we must find the answers ourselves...Good Luck! Azatoth a.k.a Captain Whiplash Make Your Die Messages Full of Wisdom! Get YOUR PerlMonks Stagename here! Want to speak like a Londoner?	[reply]
Re: Deleting lines from files by petdance (Parson) on Jun 05, 2001 at 17:31 UTC
The Perl FAQ knows all. The searchbox here at the Monastery does, too. xoxo, Andy %_=split/;/,".;;n;u;e;ot;t;her;c; ". # Andy Lester 'Perl ;@; a;a;j;m;er;y;t;p;n;d;s;o;'. # http://petdance.com "hack";print map delete$_{$_},split//,q< andy@petdance.com >	[reply]