#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use autodie 2.1001; use File::Temp qw/ tempfile /; use File::Copy qw/ move /; use autodie qw/ move /; Main( @ARGV ); exit( 0 ); sub Main { return Usage() unless @_ ; for my $file ( @_) { print "Converting $file \n"; ConvertFile( $file ); } } sub ConvertFile { my $infilename = shift; my ($outfh, $outfilename) = tempfile(); open my($infh), '<', $infilename; # autodie dies on error while( my $line = <$infh> ){ chomp $line; $line =~ s/sample\_\d\_x?/ID\t/i; print $outfh $line, "\n"; } close $infh; close $outfh; move( $outfilename, $infilename ); # autodie dies on error } sub Usage { print <<"__USAGE__"; $0 $0 modify/this/file perl ${\__FILE__} perl ${\__FILE__} modify/this/file __USAGE__ } ## end sub Usage __END__