#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $file; while ($file = shift @ARGV) { print "Processing $file..\n"; open (IN, $file) || die "Can't open $file: $!"; my $entire_file = ''; while() { $entire_file = $entire_file . $_; } close (IN); $entire_file =~ s%]*)>%%gi; $entire_file =~ s%]*)>%%gi; open (OUT, ">$file") || die "Can't open $file: $!"; print OUT $entire_file; close (OUT); }