s// All Files In Directory

perl.j has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello!

So here is my problem: I want to go through all of the file in a directory, and s/5/6/.

How can I open all of the file in the directory, and substitute all of the 5s for 6s?

--perl.j

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Re: s// All Files In Directory by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Apr 02, 2012 at 19:37 UTC
How can I open all of the file in the directory, and substitute all of the 5s for 6s? perldoc perlrun yields the answer to your question. Have a look for `-pi`. Cheers, Sören	[reply]
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Re: s// All Files In Directory by Anonymous Monk on Apr 02, 2012 at 19:34 UTC
Use Iterator::Diamond/Iterator::Files, or FMTYEWTK About Mass Edits In Perl, opening many files, Tutorials: Perl documentation documentation, Searching Perl Documentation	[reply]