#!/usr/bin/perl -w $inputfile="valencian-i.dic"; $ignore="CDVWYZ"; open (INPUTFILE,"< $inputfile") || die "Could not open inputfile: $inputfile"; while (){ chomp; ($root,$flags)=split('/'); if ( $flags ){ $flags=~s/[$ignore]*//g; } if ( $flags ){ print "$root/$flags\n"; } else { print "$root\n"; } } close INPUTFILE;