Re: don't want to print certain lines

[krusty]

in reply to don't want to print certain lines

Try the following:

$ver="abc.txt";
open (IN,$ver);
$new="new.txt";
open(OUT,"> $new");
while (<IN>){
   <IN> and next if /^FIELD/; 
   print OUT;
}

This should print to new.txt all lines except any beginning with FIELD and the line immediately following.

[dee00zee]

I try it and it works..thank you.
But I don't understand this part

<IN> and next if /^FIELD/;
print OUT;
What does <IN> do here and why it didn't print ); that
appear after FIELD lines:?

[pg]

The problem is your first next in your if block, any thing in that block after that next will never be executed.