Re: Replacing Lines in a File

perl -pi -e '$ip="192.168.1.4";$_="Removed $ip by Dru" if /\b$ip\b/' /
+data/syslog/lob.backup
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Run that at your command prompt. (note the signature!)

Update: Fixed quoting issues. (Thanks, Zaxo!)

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Re: Re: Replacing Lines in a File by Dru (Hermit) on May 27, 2004 at 03:20 UTC
Mucho Gracias dragonchild, that's exactly what I wanted. Man, I gotta learn those one liners.	[reply]