hi monks,
i kow few of them won't like this code because there may be a shorter version of this code, and i want the shorter version of this code. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

#opening Rules1.txt for reading
open(FILE, "<Rules1.txt") or die "unable to open Rules1.txt: err at $!
+";

#copying everything to array
#what if it's huge file
# i don't what to do
@array = <FILE>;

#closing the file handle
close(FILE);

#im looping so that i can replace with what im looking for
foreach $line (@array)
 {
   $line =~ s#<b>#/*<b>#ig;
   $line =~ s#</b>#</b>*/#ig;
   }

#again open for writing
open(FILE, ">Rules1.txt") or die "unable to open Rules1.txt: err at $!
+";

#write to FILE
print FILE @array;

#close FILE
 close (FILE);

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That's it
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