Re^2: perl -pie "???"

Hmmm it must be how I am invoking perl.

Here's the line I want to get rid of ...

$ head -1 DAR_RH9_install/index.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http:/
+/www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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Here's what I tried ...

$ perl -nie 'print if $. > 1' DAR_RH9_install/index.html
Can't open perl script "print if $. > 1": No such file or directory
$ perl -ie '<>; print while <>' DAR_RH9_install/index.html
Can't open perl script "<>; print while <>": No such file or directory
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What the heck I am doing wrong here?

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Re^3: perl -pie "???" by bmann (Priest) on Aug 17, 2004 at 21:42 UTC
Perl isn't seeing the -e switch. Anything immediately following the `-i` is assumed to be the backup extension, ie "`perl -i.bak...`" will create a backup named filename.bak and operate on the original. Use `perl -i -e '...'` (or -i.bak -e if you want a backup).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: perl -pie "???" by hv (Prior) on Aug 17, 2004 at 21:42 UTC
The `-i` switch takes an optional backup extension, so you can no longer combine it with other following option flags in modern perls. Write it instead as: `perl -ni -e '...' file` [download] Hugo	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: perl -pie "???" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 17, 2004 at 21:43 UTC
Change `perl -nie ...` to `perl -ni -e ...`. -i accepts an optional argument, so a space is needed after it.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: perl -pie "???" by Anonymous Monk on Aug 17, 2004 at 21:43 UTC
perl -ni -e 'print if $. > 1' filename	[reply]