On Wednesday 07 November 2007 09:43, Charlie Farinella wrote: > Hi, Hello,
> I'm trying to substitute a string with a Mason variable in a bunch of > files and not having any luck. For instance I want to change the > string 'testtext' to '<% $bURL %>' in a file: > > perl -w -i -p -e "s/testtext/'<% \$bURL %>'/g" test.html > > ..substitutes '<% %>' > > I've tried quotes, double quotes, escape characters in various > configurations, with no luck. Try this: perl -wi -pe's/testtext/\047<% \$bURL %>\047/g' test.html John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/