in reply to Re^2: search and replace
in thread search and replace

Very interesting point. Upvoted. But, at the same time, the Anonymous Monk's proposal did fit perfectly the OP's requirement: "a perl script that will find all instances of 2013 on a website and change it to 2014".

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Re^4: search and replace
by Kenosis (Priest) on Feb 03, 2014 at 00:09 UTC

    Agree that the OP's specs were met by s/2013/2014/g; the posting was just a way of wondering out loud whether the OP had considered potential collateral damage.