#!/usr/bin/ksh echo 'test ' > testfile2 # echo $(/usr/bin/tput smso)broken$(/usr/bin/tput rmso) > testfile2 #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; open F1, "testfile" or die "testfile: $!\n"; open F2, ">testfile2" or die "testfile2: $!\n"; while (){ s/.*/test /; # s/.*/`tput smso`.'broken'.`tput rmso`/e; print F2; last; } close F1; close F2;