On Oct 11, 2:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PeiYu Zeng) wrote: > Hello, > > Can I modify the contents of a file, without creating a new one? > > Now, the method that I modify the contents of a file is: > open( READHANDLE , "sourceFile" ); > open( WRITEHANDLE, ">destiFile" ); > > foreach my $line (<READHANDLE>) { > if it accords with my rules { > modify $line; > print(WRITEHANDLE $line); > } > } > > close(...); > > Is there a method that I could not create a new file to store the modified > informations? > > Thanks, > Zen
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