open TMP, ">$file" || print "Can't open temp file: $!"; my $top = 5; my $cont = 0; foreach $line (@cpanel) { my $dont = 0; if ($top > 0) { if ($line =~ /:/i) { $dont = 1; } $top--; } $dont = 0; unless ($dont) { print TMP $line; } } sleep 30; close TMP;