Perlwannabe wrote:
> 
> I originally tried to do this, but it won't work.  The data doesn't
> _always_ have a <tab> before address, sometimes (although seldom) it has a
> <space>.  With grep I would miss the entire address.  However, if I were
> to just select everything and replace it with nothing, that would be the
> answer.  BTW...your solution above is right on the money for about 98% of
> the file.  However, by simply scanning the line and deleting everything
> between between HOW and NUMBER: that would give me 100%.  Any ideas?

You could try this:

s/\tHOW.+?\sNUMBER:\s*\S+\t/\t/;



John
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