I don't think your problem lies with File::Find.
In the while(<FH>) loop you rename your (open) outfile for each line you're reading.

My guess would be you want something like this:
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Find::Rule;

my @files = File::Find::Rule->file
                         ->name('complex.*')
                         ->in ("/home");
my $new = 'replace';
open (REPLACE, "< $new") || die "could not open $new: $!"; ;

my @new;
while (<REPLACE>) {
    push @new, $_ =~ m/^(\S+\s+\S+\s+\S+)/;
}
close (REPLACE);

my $count=0;
foreach my $file (@files) {
    open (FH, "< $file") || die "could not open $file for input: $!";;
    open (OUT, "> output") || die "could not open 'output' for output:
+ $!";;
    my $i=0;
    while (<FH>) {
        $_ =~ s/^\S+\s+\S+\s+\S+/$new[$i++] /;
        print OUT $_;
    }
    close(FH) || die "could not close FH: $!"; ;
    close(OUT)|| die "could not close OUT: $!"; 
    $count++;
    rename "output", "output$count";
}

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Also make it a habit to run under strict and warnings and test your open calls.
(I spent too much time myself wondering what happened when "use warnings" would
have told me right away ;-)
si_lence

In reply to Re: Replacing text in multiple files using File::Find by si_lence
in thread Replacing text in multiple files using File::Find by Anonymous Monk

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