> Hi , > > How do I search replace text in a file from a perl script. i.e. by > opening the file in write mode and then do a search replace. > > I don't want to do a command line search replace.
Use the s/// operator...as follows: $_ =~ s/oldtext/newtext/gi; this will replace all occurrences of "oldtext" with "newtext". You should visit the perlfunc at perl.com to get all of the variables and syntax of s/// HTH Perlwannabe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
