Hello all,

I've only been using perl for about 3 months now, so be gentle with me.

I'm trying to remove a section of a certain line in a file.

Code:

use warnings;

$file = $ARGV[0];

open (FILE,$file) or die "Can't open $file!";
while (<FILE>) {
    $line = $_;
    chomp $line;
    if ($line =~ /\>/) {
        @modify_line = split(/\s/,$line);
        $changed_line = shift(@modify_line);
        $line=$changed_line;
        print "$line\n";
    }
}
close FILE;

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The code is working in that the desired section of the line is removed, but the file itself remains unaffected. The result is merely printed to the screen.

How do I get the result to change the line in the file itself, not just print to the screen?

In reply to How do I modify a line within the file itself? by newbie4659

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