It seems you're big on one liners, but if you don't mind scripts: #!/usr/bin/perl $file=shift or die "You must enter a filename!"; open(FILE,$file); while(<FILE>) { $lines .= $_; } close(FILE); $lines =~ s/<\n*\/*\n*f\n*o\n*n\n*t\n*.*?>//igs; open(FILE,">$file"); print FILE $lines; close(FILE); That should do it. Nick Reinking