Re: How to repeat a string multiple times if found match

Your mistake is not formatting your question so that we can read it.

Your coding mistake is mixing reading and writing to the file at the same time. You read a line then write a line overwriting content in the file that followed the content you just read. This would be more obvious if you mixed up line lengths more.

Usual practice is to create an output file to write the updated content to, then after the update is complete delete the old file and rename the new version to the name of the old version.

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond

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Re^2: How to repeat a string multiple times if found match by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 09, 2021 at 08:04 UTC
Usual practice is to create an output file to write the updated content to, then after the update is complete delete the old file and rename the new version to the name of the old version. suvendra123: You may be interested in my module File::Replace to help you with this.	[reply]
Re^3: How to repeat a string multiple times if found match by suvendra123 (Initiate) on Mar 09, 2021 at 10:27 UTC
I don't want foo_ foo line only `foo_1 foo_2 foo_3` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to repeat a string multiple times if found match by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 09, 2021 at 11:34 UTC
I don't want foo_ foo line only foo_1 foo_2 foo_3 Please compare your code to the code I gave you here.	[reply]