Re: Delete specific lines from txt file.

[NetWallah]

in reply to Delete specific lines from txt file.

Here is the (untested) rest of your program.

Please reference the perl documentation for constructs you have trouble with.

$/="\n\n";                    # Set the record separator to be 2 newli
+nes
my $sportfile="my.sport.txt"; # Or whatever the file name is
open (my $sport, "<", $sportfile) or die "Cannot open $sportfile : $!"
+;

while (defined <$sport>){
  next if m/\b$first_name\b.+$last_name\b/;
  print;
}
close $sport;

Output will print to STDOUT. This can be directed to a file.
Update:Corrected "close $sportfile" to "close $sport;"

[MidLifeXis]

This can be directed to a file.

Just don't redirect it to the original file name. The first thing the OS would do is to truncate the original file, leaving no data for your text file to work with.