Hello vinoth.ree,

With warnings:

use strict;
use warnings;

while (<DATA>)
{
    s/(@Filetyp\s*?:)/\1c/;
    print;
}

__DATA__
@header_start
@Titel         : init 
@Filename      : test.c
@Filetyp       :
@Version       : 0001
@Produkt       : xx
@delivery      : xx
@date          : 20160610
@header_end

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Output:

 0:54 >perl 1895_SoPW.pl
Possible unintended interpolation of @Filetyp in string at 1895_SoPW.p
+l line 18.
\1 better written as $1 at 1895_SoPW.pl line 18.
Global symbol "@Filetyp" requires explicit package name (did you forge
+t to declare "my @Filetyp"?) at 1895_SoPW.pl line 18.
Execution of 1895_SoPW.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

17:41 >

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Perl sees @Filetyp as an (empty) array. Escape the sigil (and change \1 to $1):

s/(\@Filetyp\s*?:)/$1 c/;.

Output:

17:44 >perl 1895_SoPW.pl
@header_start
@Titel         : init
@Filename      : test.c
@Filetyp       : c
@Version       : 0001
@Produkt       : xx
@delivery      : xx
@date          : 20160610
@header_end

17:44 >

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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re: perl one liner to replace matching string by Athanasius
in thread perl one liner to replace matching string by vinoth.ree

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