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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
      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?)

        MS Word™ does indeed use temp files. Open A_Word_Doc.doc, and in the same directory you'll see ~$Word_Doc.doc