Hi Greg. Its easy, just take:
############################################# #!/usr/bin/perl $file = "logfile"; $file_tmp ="tmp"; $a = "DSL"; $b="No such user"; open (INPUT, $file) || die ("Could not open file: $!\n"); open (OUTPUT, " > $file_tmp" ) || die ("Could not open file: $!\n"); while (<INPUT>) { if (!($_ =~/$a/ && $_ =~/$b/)) { print OUTPUT ("$_"); } } close( INPUT); close(OUTPUT); rename ($file_tmp, $file) ; ##################################### Regards from Switzerland Susanne > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Greg Schiedler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 30. März 2005 08:47 > An: beginners-cgi@perl.org > Betreff: Text Search/Delete > > OK I need to parse a rather large logfile and delete specific lines. > The file is called logfile and is simply a large text file. > > Is there some simple way to read in the file and delete specific lines > that contain DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and the rerun the process to delete > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- > Delete all lines that contain: "DSL:" and the text :No such user" > > Greg > > > Sample logfile.... > > Wed Jan 5 05:35:57 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > .... > .... > Sat Mar 26 08:54:04 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > Sat Mar 26 08:54:10 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > Sat Mar 26 08:54:16 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > Sat Mar 26 08:54:23 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > Sat Mar 26 08:54:29 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > Sat Mar 26 08:54:35 2005: DSL:[EMAIL PROTECTED]::POP::No such user > ... > ... > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>