I have written a script using sed to edit. Unfortunately the sed version is old and i have to edit file to another one, then copy over it. So i thought id give perl ago. I played around with pie but cannot work out how to pass variables to it and use line numbers. A basic version of my Script: 
#!/usr/bin/ksh
 test1()
{
eval sed -e $1 testfile > testfile2
}
 
test1 "'1s/.*/test /'"
#test1 "'1s/.*/  '$(tput smso)'broken'$(tput rmso)' /'"

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So i pass a string to another function, which is read by SED. I have to use line numbers due to duplicate text entries in the text file im editing. In the sed line, im saying edit the first line.Substitue anything in that line with the word test. The second test (commented out) does a reverse video to highlight that text. Can anyone give me pointers as to how i can write the above in perl.

In reply to Convert from Sed to Perl by mc007

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