> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn H. Corey [mailto:shawnhco...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:00
> To: Tony Esposito
> Cc: Beginners Perl
> Subject: Re: one liner in Windows to replace string
>
> Tony Esposito wrote:
> > perl -p -i.bak -e 's/CONSTANT/VARIABLE/' C:\test.txt
> >
> > Trying to replace a string with this one line perl ... in
> Windows it does not seem to work ...
> >
> > File test.txt contents is ...
> >
> > CONSTANT 100
> > CONSTANT 200
> >
> > nothing changes ... acts as if it does not 'see' the
> CONSTANT string.
> >
> > Help because it looks like it should work !!!
>
> Windows does not work with single quotes:
I ran under windows with what Tony sent, both the cmd and a korn
shell and both worked and updated as expected..
If you have any questions and/or problems, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
David R. Wagner
Senior Programmer Analyst
FedEx Freight Systems
1.719.484.2097 Tel
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>
> perl -p -i.bak -e "s/CONSTANT/VARIABLE/" C:\test.txt
>
>
> --
> Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
> Shawn
>
> Programming is as much about organization and communication
> as it is about coding.
>
> I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your
> thingy.
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