Hi Graham, how's everything there?
I have a file with hundreds of lines and double that in "parenthesis content"

Each line = somekindoftext (aaa) (bb)

Each one is different. I'm trying to get rid of all the parenthesis and everything in them.

I've tried this to no avail, so must be missing somethng.

Code:

## Replace all parenthesis and everything in them $file="loc.txt"; $first=" ("; $last=")"; $blank=""; open( CURRENTFILE, "$file");  while ( <CURRENTFILE> ) {   s/$first(.*)$last/$blank/;  } close(CURRENTFILE);

Hope you can help,
Cheers - Ted

If I may provide assistance:


## Replace all parenthesis and everything in them
$file="loc.txt";
$first=" (";
$last=")";
$blank="";

open( CURRENTFILE, "$file");
 while ( <CURRENTFILE> ) {
  s/ \Q$first\E (.*?) \Q$last\E /$blank/gx;
  print;
 }
close(CURRENTFILE);


Ask questions if needed.

Thanks Kevin - Ted

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