Hi,

I'm trying to write code to replace the folling text in an xml file 

     <!--
     <control_link_address>push1.mycompany.com</control_link_address>
     -->

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with 
     <!--
     <control_link_address>push1.mycompany.com</control_link_address>
     -->
     <control_link_address>mdp.travel.co.uk</control_link_address>

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using perl -npe 's/find/replace/g' -i $file

Here's my code but this doesn't work. : 

        $find=q[[<control_link_address>push1\.mycompany\.com<\/control
+_link_address>\s*\n\s*-->]];
        $replace=q[$find\n     <control_link_address>mdp.travel.co.uk<
+\/control_link_address>\n];
        $cmd=qq[perl -npe "s/$find/$replace/g" -i /tmp/ls.conf];

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Could someone help me out please?

Thanks, Ed.

In reply to perl regex for xml by equick

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