Hi, I am getting the following error. Do you have any idea?
Can't do inplace edit without backup. Thanks Jagan Rentachintala | Consultant | Idea Integration | (904) 360-2421 | www.idea.com | (NYSE: MPS) Idea Integration, An MPS Group Company - IT solutions from the desktop to the data center. ________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Sébastien Guay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:53 PM To: Rentachintala, Jagan Cc: "José J. Cintrón"; beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Password Hi Jagan, >perl -p -i -e 's/username\/password as SYSOPER/username\/##### as SYSOPER/g' >test.dat > >Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1. is the >error I am getting > > On Windows the single quote is not a valid quoting character for the shell (cmd.exe or command.com). Replace the single quote with a double quote and it should work fine. perl -p -i -e "s/username\/password as SYSOPER/username\/##### as SYSOPER/g" test.dat The problem happens when your Perl code contains quotes as well, but that's another topic... :-) HTH, J-S -- ___________________________________________ Jean-Sébastien Guay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://whitestar02.webhop.org/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 2005/04/27 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
