#!/usr/bin/ruby require 'bdb1' out = open("tmp/recno.rb", "w") print "====> BEFORE\n" File.foreach("recno.rb") do |line| print line out.print line end out.close db = BDB1::Recno.open "tmp/recno.rb" db.each do |v| db.delete(v) if /^db/ =~ v end print "====> AFTER\n" db.each do |v| puts v end db.close