open inFILE, "svs.conf" or die $!; @lines = ; close inFILE; open outFILE, ">svs.conf" or die $!; for $i (0 .. $#lines) { ($param, $value) = split(/\=/, $lines[$i]); if ($param eq 'be_address') { $value = $new_value; print outFILE $param." = ".$value; } else { print outFILE $lines[$i]; } } close outFILE;