Clunky, but clear, change that line in the array and re-write the file:
open ( FH, "p.txt" ); my @output = <FH>; close ( FH ); open ( FH, ">p.txt" ); for $i (0 ..#@output) { if ($output[$i] =~ /.*(test.*\.txt).*/) { $output[$i] =~ s/.*(test.*\.txt).*/test29-01-05\.txt/ last; } for $i (0 ..#@output) { print "$output[$i]"; } close ( FH );

Forget that fear of gravity,
Get a little savagery in your life.


In reply to Re^3: searching for a substring in a string by punch_card_don
in thread searching for a substring in a string by Anonymous Monk

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