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Re: Best way to edit a file?

by gasho (Beadle)
on Apr 02, 2007 at 15:54 UTC ( #607858=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Best way to edit a file?

perl -p -i.bak -e 's/ABC/DEF/' filename

#will save original as .bak

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