$fileName = $ARGV[0]; $OldVer="1.1.2.1-ABCD-PQ00.1.1.2.1.TAG"; $NewVer="1.1.2.2-ABCD-PQ01.1.1.2.2.TAG"; print "OldVersion :: $OldVer \n"; print "NewVersion :: $NewVer \n"; #Open Inputfile to read line by line data $file1 = $ARGV[0]; open(INPUTFILE,"<",$file1) || die "File to read could not be found. $!"; # Create a .tmp file to copy search and replaced data $file2 = $ARGV[0].".tmp"; # Open output file in write mode open(OUTPUTFILE,">",$file2) || die "File to write could not be found. $!"; print "Calling SearchAndReplace subroutine ... \n"; searchReplace(); sub searchReplace { # Read the input file line by line while () { $_ =~ s/$OldFPVer/$NewFPVer/; print OUTPUTFILE $_; } close INPUTFILE; close OUTPUTFILE; }