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in thread simple command-line question

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 perl -i -pe 's/mike/meathead/ig'

Might save you a few or several thousands of processes, depending on the number of files found -- and might be a good habit to make -- at least on systems where it works. (GNU find might be needed.)

For anything more complex than one-liners, you might prefer to use File::Find;

The Sidhekin
print "Just another Perl ${\(trickster and hacker)},"