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Re^3: Delete line if REGEX == true

by castaway (Parson)
on Aug 07, 2005 at 15:24 UTC ( [id://481687]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Delete line if REGEX == true
in thread Delete line if REGEX == true

There is too. Add an -i.bak and forget the redirection. See perlrun for -i.

C.

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Re^4: Delete line if REGEX == true
by sgifford (Prior) on Aug 07, 2005 at 18:18 UTC
    The -i flag causes perl to do exactly what I've described above. It's shorter syntax, sure, but it still copies the parts of the file you want to keep, then renames the resulting file.

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