Matt Harp wrote:
> Thanks Mike!
>
> I had tried single quotes but didn't think to try double quotes.
>
> I should probably be banned from this mailing list for such stupidity.
>
> but Ok, I'll push my luck... Any hints on how to make this a script
> that'll let me pass *.*?
>
> I seem to remember a reference to a way to tell it to work on multiple
> files from the cmd-line but can't seem to find the forum post any
> longer.
>
> Something like -file (name=*.*)? Or something...
Just noticed a module that may help - it seems to work.
Win32-Autoglob [1.01 ] expand globs in @ARGV when the shell
doesn't
Otherwise you can use glob, File::Glob or File::DOS::Glob to handle the *.txt
>>From: Arms, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Matt Harp wrote:
>>
>>>This has to be an easy question to answer, but I've been
>>
>>looking and
>>
>>>hacking for a day now and can't figure it out.
>>>
>>>I want to just do search/replace on a set of files using regular
>>>expressions.
>>>
>>>I have ActiveState 5.8.6 installed on WinXP, if that matters.
>>>
>>>I am trying it like this...
>>>
>>> perl -i.bak -pe s/^ext$/HARP/m fred.txt
>>>
>>>Perl help says that using m should result in ^,$ matching
>>
>>beginning of
>>
>>>line, end of line, but that's not what this does. It
>>
>>matches any 'ext'
>>
>>>string and replaces it with HARP.
>>>I've tried \n instead also, but then that doesn't replace anything.
>>>
>>>My second question is of course, how to make this into a
>>
>>script so I
>>
>>>can pass *.txt. I've found a couple scripts but none of
>>
>>them will even
>>
>>>run w/o giving me errors.
>>>
>>>Any help on either issue would be immensley appreciated. I
>>
>>can't take
>>
>>>any more of this...
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>-matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>I'm guessing that the issue is that you need to put the
>>script portion in quotes:
>>
>> perl -i.bak -pe "s/^ext$/HARP/m" fred.txt
>>
>>Try that and let us know.
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