Ronald Yacketta wrote: > > Can someone help me fix this? I know I am on the right track (I hope) > but not sure where I am going south > > open FILE, "$g_logpass"; > $line = <FILE>; > close (FILE); > chomp($line); > system("cp ../input/$g_logpass ../input/tmp.scr"); > system("sed -e 's/'$line'/'$db_name'/g' ../input/tmp.scr > $g_logpass");
use Fatal qw(open close); { local $^I = ''; local @ARGV = "../input/$g_logpass"; while ( <> ) { s/\Q$line\E/$db_name/g; print; } } John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]