Re^2: $^I why this symbol does not work ?

to:Corion\
Yes.my OS is windows XP.
you mean :In windows XP, when a fle is opened,we cannot save/modify it at the sametime ?
now i want to replace some words then save it ,how i should do?
perl -p -i -e "s/<String to Find>/<String to replace>/g" <File Name>
I try this ,an error occurs :Can't do inplace edit without backup.
i don't want any bakup files .
this is a shortcut,If i want to write a program,how i finish this job ?

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Re^3: $^I why this symbol does not work ? by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 01, 2008 at 06:59 UTC
No. Under Windows, you cannot use `-i`, you have to use `-i.bak` or something like that, because you cannot "rewrite" a file on the fly, at least not with the simple approach that the `-p` switch does. You will need to create the backup file and then erase it afterwards.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: $^I why this symbol does not work ? by kingwrcy (Initiate) on Oct 01, 2008 at 07:09 UTC
Oh.i got it. i must create a BAK files .And then i can delete it,:-D. thanks all above.	[reply]
Re^3: $^I why this symbol does not work ? by lamp (Chaplain) on Oct 01, 2008 at 07:00 UTC
On windows system, you can use the following one liner. `perl -pi.bak -e "s/<String to Find>/<String to replace>/;" <File Name>` [download] And ofcourse, it will create a backup of original file with .bak extension.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: $^I why this symbol does not work ? by kingwrcy (Initiate) on Oct 01, 2008 at 07:16 UTC
i got it. thank you!:-D	[reply]