Re^2: find and replace from shell

jwkrahn, thanks for your input!

1. please excuse the noobie question but when i copy and past this into my shell, iterm lays it out vertically and does not wait for my 'enter' to execute. how do i execute this in the shell?

2. perhaps it would be easier to change the -p to something else to tell it to read the whole file. what should I replace the -p with?
Thanks!

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Re^3: find and replace from shell by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Jun 16, 2010 at 21:13 UTC
In my shell, (xterm) when I want to insert a newline I enter the two keys `<CTRL>vj`. To read the whole file you need to use the `-0` switch with the value `-0777` along with the `-p` switch.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: find and replace from shell by johnkasta (Initiate) on Jun 17, 2010 at 15:03 UTC
Thanks for your replies, when executing this in iterm.. `perl -i -pe' BEGIN { $/ = "}\n" } s/@{[ <<REGEX ]}/@{[ <<STRING ]}/g; if ((!(\$session_login)) or (\$session_access < 5)) { header("Window-Target: _top"); header("Location: index.php"); } REGEX if ((!(\$session_login)) or (\$session_access < 5)) { header("Window-Target: _top"); header("Location: index.php"); exit; } STRING ' *.php` [download] I get back the following error messages Can't find string terminator "REGEX" anywhere before EOF at -e line 3. -bash: BEGIN: command not found -bash: s/@{[: No such file or directory I am probly missing something obvious, due to no EOF usage experience. Any help on these err messages is greatly appreciated!	[reply] [d/l]