On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:19:16 -0500
Uri Guttman <u...@stemsystems.com> wrote:
> On 01/02/2014 12:08 PM, David Precious wrote:
> > Oh, I was thinking of a wrapper that would:
> >
> > (a) open a new temp file
> > (b) iterate over the source file, line-by-line, calling the provided
> > coderef for each line
> > (c) write $_ (potentially modified by the coderef) to the temp file
> > (d) finally, rename the temp file over the source file
[...]
> it wouldn't be a bad addition to file::slurp. call it something like
> edit_file_loop. if you write it, i will add it to the module. you can
> likely steal the code from edit_file_lines and modify that. i would
> document it as an alternative to edit_file_lines for very large files.
>
> it will need pod, test files and good comments for me to add it.
> credit will be given :)
Righto - I'll add it to my list of things awaiting tuit resupply :)
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