I need to go through a large amount of perl files to change certain paths and urls contained in them. Unfortunately, i'm not at my home computer, so i don't have the script available right now, but will try to post it soon.

Basically, i have the readdir command and capture all the perl files in the directory. I then open up each file (using a foreach loop with the filenames being looped and going into an open command. Then i go through every line in the opened file, searching for a specific path or url template and replacing it with the new one. Then, before going on to the next file, it writes the now edited lines into the file. When i tried this, it merely created a blank copy of every perl file with .txt at the end.

I haven't had much time to play with it, but i was wondering if there is a better, more efficient way of going through all the perl files and replacing a certain part in a line...also, don't crucify me for not having the script, i would have posted it, but i've been grounded (don't laugh) and can't use my home computer for a while. Anyway, thanks for any help you may be able to give me...

Just Another Perl Wannabe

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