$ perl -MO=Deparse -pi -e 's/\/Im0\ Do//g' BEGIN { $^I = ""; } LINE: while (defined($_ = )) { s[/Im0\ Do][]g; } continue { print $_; } -e syntax OK #### #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; $^I = ''; while ( <> ) { s/\/Im0 Do//g; print; }