Something like this should do the trick:
#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my @lines = <DATA>;
s/ ^ [A-Z\s]+ $ //x for @lines;
print for @lines;
__DATA__
AAAAAAAA
AAAA AAAAAAA
AAAA AAA AAA
Leave me intact PLEASE
Output:
0:10 >perl 369_SoPW.pl
Leave me intact PLEASE
0:13 >
Update 1: Note that this will also remove blank (i.e. empty) lines.
Update 2: Changed
print "@lines";
to
print for @lines;
to address the issue of leading spaces raised by Anonymous Monk, below.
Hope that helps,
Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum
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