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in thread opening file for editing

Then you'll have to switch to Microsoft Word ™.

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Re^4: opening file for editing
by ramprasad27 (Sexton) on Oct 09, 2011 at 08:41 UTC
    so its not possible using perl
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      You specified "no oneliners" and "no temp files". You have not specified what you are going to replace with what nor how big your file is. Under these conditions, I see no general solution (MS Word might use temp files, too, did you know?)
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        MS Word™ does indeed use temp files. Open A_Word_Doc.doc, and in the same directory you'll see ~$Word_Doc.doc

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