Very creative!

But I guess that you also need to list the last part of the file.

That is, like in a huge 

split

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, ain't me right? It looks good for raw XML replacements :) .

(updated)

Sorry, I still can't get what the my $matched= chomp; really does... I need more practice, I guess [-(.

{ \ ( ' v ' ) / }
( \ _ / ) _ _ _ _ ` ( ) ' _ _ _ _
( = ( ^ Y ^ ) = ( _ _ ^ ^ ^ ^
_ _ _ _ \ _ ( m _ _ _ m ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ) c h i a n o , a l b e r t o
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In reply to Re: Compact multi-line inplace file edit search and replace by chanio
in thread Compact multi-line inplace file edit search and replace by GrandFather

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