Hello again, I know that it's possible to create a file, and then write too it fairly easily in perl. But what about writing to a file that already exists, I have I notion that this must be possible. I'd like to take it a step further; Is it possible to write to a specified spot in a file, (not the beginning or end...the middle). If so, can the write location determined by linenum or by regexs, or (hopefully) either/both.
I know that you can overwrite any/all text w/ perl by using the '>$file' (or '>>$file' to append) open method, but what about just overwriting certain specified lines? Any generic code or links would be must appreciated, TIA, Average Joe user.

In reply to Write to file by jriggs420

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