Hi, I need to have swap 2 strings in .dll file Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the following code? 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;

my $string;
my $string_1="This program cannot be run in DOS mode.";
my $string_2="somethingelse in the file";

open(ORIG,"<old.dll") || die "Cannot open file! $!";
open(NEW,">new.dll") || die "Cannot creat new file! $!";

binmode ORIG;

while(<ORIG>){
$string.= $_;
}

$string=~s/(.*)($string_1)(.*)($string_2)(.*)/$1$4$3$2$5/g;

binmode NEW;
print NEW $string;

close(ORIG);
close(NEW);

exit();

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In reply to how do I swap 2 strings in a file? by babyconejo

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