Glad to be able to help.

By the way, if you really want to replace the original file with the new changes, you could push the new lines to an array, close the input file, and write over it with the new array, maybe something like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl 
use warnings;
use strict;
my $found = 0;
my $line = 0;
my @newFile = ();

while (1) {
    system("clear");
    print "Enter P to process a file or Q to quit: ";
    chomp( my $ans=<STDIN> );

    if ( $ans =~ /^p$/i ) {
        print "What file would you look to open? ";
        chomp( my $file=<STDIN> );
        
        die "Could not open file: $file!\n\n" if !-e $file; 
        
        open(my $fh, '<', $file);

        print "What text would you like to search for? ";
        chomp( my $find=<STDIN> );

        print "What text would you like it replaced with? ";
        chomp( my $replace=<STDIN> );

        #open (NEW, ">", "new.txt");
        while ( <$fh> ) 
            {
                if ($_ =~ /$find/i ) 
                    {
                        $line = $_; 
                        $line =~ s/$find/$replace/g; 
                        push(@newFile,"$line");
                        $found += 1;
                    }
                else
                    {
                        push(@newFile, "$_");    
                    }   
            }
        
        open (WIPEORIGINAL, ">", "$file");
        for (@newFile)
            {
                print WIPEORIGINAL "$_";
            }
        close WIPEORIGINAL;
        print STDERR "\nFound and replaced $found copies of \"$find\" 
+with \"$replace\".\n" if $found > 0;
        print STDERR "\n$found copies of \"$find\" found in $file.\n" 
+if $found == 0;
        @newFile = ();
        $found = 0;        
        sleep (5);
    }
    elsif ( $ans =~ /^Q$/ ) {
        exit();
    }
      
  #  close NEW;
       
}
[download]

--Michael

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.