OK, I'm a little closer. It is finding the correct Directory section, it is printing the CustomLog line, but the Directory section is not printed out. That is, in the httpd.conf file I have: 
#
# This is to permit URL access to scripts/files in AWStats directory.
#
<Directory "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot">
   Options None
   AllowOverride None
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
</Directory>

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My code is: perl -0777 -elnp 's/<Directory "\/usr\/local\/awstats.+<\/Directory>/$1\nCustomLog \/usr\/local\/awstats\/logs\/access_log comdinedio/s' httpd.conf What I get out is: 
#
# This is to permit URL access to scripts/files in AWStats directory.
#

CustomLog /usr/local/awstats/logs/access_log combinedio

?

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Any idea how to get the matched text back? Thanks!

In reply to Re: perl one liner to search for a string, then search for a different string and append a new line by BradV
in thread perl one liner to search for a string, then search for a different string and append a new line by BradV

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