Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file

Amarendu has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file by marto (Cardinal) on Sep 12, 2012 at 07:10 UTC
Cross posted at SO. This isn't a code writing service. Please read and understand PerlMonks for the Absolute Beginner.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Sep 12, 2012 at 08:31 UTC
Nor is it a requirement divination service. Notwithstanding, tobyink's telepathic powers are much stronger than mine today, and he or she has come up with a program that seems like a reasonable candidate to actually do what the OPer seems to actually want done given the dense wadge of input/output posted. Oh well, at least we can be thankful there wasn't 20K of it...	[reply]
Re: Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file by nemesdani (Friar) on Sep 12, 2012 at 07:09 UTC
In a private message I'll send you my bank account, after receiving the 120$ fee (thanks in advance), I'll answer urgently. I'm too lazy to be proud of being impatient.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 12, 2012 at 07:52 UTC
Summint like... `use Path::Class qw(file); use Text::CSV; my $input = \STDIN; my $output = \STDOUT; # ... or use open() to open file handles my $csv = Text::CSV->new({allow_whitespace => 1, eol => "\n"}); while (my $row = $csv->getline($input)) { $row->[4] = file($row->[4])->basename; pop @$row until $row->[-1]; $csv->print($output, $row); }` [download] `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file by Rudolf (Pilgrim) on Sep 12, 2012 at 07:12 UTC
To edit the file, your going to have to copy the entire thing into perl, I would suggest into an array. And then make your changes there afterwhich you can write back to the file as a clean slate to preform your edit.	[reply]
Re: Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file by aitap (Curate) on Sep 12, 2012 at 16:19 UTC
Perl Script to edit the contents of a txt file The question looks like the author wants a text editor written in Perl. There are many choices, from simple `exec(ENV{EDITOR},@ARGV) if defined $ENV{EDITOR};` to Text::Editor::Easy or even Padre. Or did Amarendu mean something else? Sorry if my advice was wrong.	[reply] [d/l]