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in reply to Re: Batch remove URLs
in thread Batch remove URLs

 > Rather than replacing the link with the text(<li>[404 Not Found]></li>). You've replaced one problem for another, rather than fix it.

That was just Step 1... (please see http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=1202118)

Step 2: Find/Replace <a href="[404 Not Found]"> with <a> (which renders the links inactive, does it not?).