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Re: Clearing lines in a file based on an array containing the lines

by ramrod (Curate)
on Apr 22, 2009 at 20:27 UTC ( #759396=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Clearing lines in a file based on an array containing the lines

You can eliminate the second "grooming" by comparing against your elements at the same time: 

print FILE $LINE unless ($array[0] eq "$erasethese[0]" || $array[0] eq
+ "$erasethese[1]" );

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As far as only opening the file once, you can try opening it for both reading and writing (+<)
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