I have a file that looks like this:

strategies{
XLON_DBX0F2_GBP DynamicSpreadQuoter {
        tradingServiceAttributes { session LSE1 }
        fairPrice {
        securityID LU0490618542
        securityIDSource 4
        service IDNPS
        }
}
XLON_DBX1AE_GBP DynamicSpreadQuoter {
        tradingServiceAttributes { session LSE3 }
        fairPrice {
        securityID LU0322252127
        securityIDSource 4
        service NMP_ABPS
        }
}
XLON_DBX1AE_USD DynamicSpreadQuoter {
        tradingServiceAttributes { session LSE1 }
        fairPrice {
        securityID LU0322252171
        securityIDSource 4
        service NMP_ABPS
        }
}
;;
}

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What I want is to pass multiple strings to my script (for example 'XLON_DBX1AE_USD','XLON_DBX1AE_GBP',..) The script should then delete everything starting from there until the last closed bracket "}" for this particular block. Currently my script works if I pass ONE string to it but I just don't know how to modify it if I want to pass more than one string. Can anyone please help me on this? Appreciate your help in advance.

My code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
use strict;
use warnings;
#
my $match='XLON_DBX1AE_USD';

my $file = $ARGV[0];
#
open (my $fh, '+<', $file) or die "Could not open \"$file\"$!\n";
#
my $depth = 0;
while(<$fh>) {
        if($_=~ /$match/){
        $depth = /\}/ ? 0 : 1;
                while($depth) {
                    $_=<$fh>;
                    $depth-- if /}/;
                    $depth++ if /{/;
                }
        }
        else {
         print;
        }
 }

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In reply to delete multiple string blocks by grandagent

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