Re: Writing to a file

$ cat file.txt 
old/path/to/some/file
another/old/path/to/some/file
one/more/old/path/to/some/file

$ perl -pe 's#\bold(?=/path/to/some/)#new#g' file.txt 
new/path/to/some/file
another/new/path/to/some/file
one/more/new/path/to/some/file
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But I don't think that's what you meant. That means your sample input & output isn't representative enough of the actual problem.

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Re^2: Writing to a file by victorz22 (Sexton) on May 05, 2017 at 20:37 UTC
well that sample i gave isn't my actual data but i do need a block of paths to be replaced, also I need a solution that works in a program and not a command line call. Thanks anyways though.	[reply]
Re^3: Writing to a file by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on May 05, 2017 at 22:21 UTC
Just for future reference, a "command line call" can usually be converted into a "program" fairly easily: `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -MO=Deparse -pe "s#\bold(?=/path/to/some/)#ne +w#g" LINE: while (defined($_ = <ARGV>)) { s[\bold(?=/path/to/some/)][new]g; } continue { die "-p destination: $!\n" unless print $_; } -e syntax OK` [download] See O and B::Deparse. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Writing to a file by Laurent_R (Canon) on May 05, 2017 at 21:09 UTC
Translating such a Perl one-liner into an actual program is fairly simple, and we can help you. But the real point is this: is this what you need?	[reply]
Re^4: Writing to a file by victorz22 (Sexton) on May 05, 2017 at 21:44 UTC
No the directories do not differ by one word some are entirely different	[reply]