Would I be able to use this inline? That is within a perl script itself? If so, might you provide an example?
Regards, Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael R. Wolf Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Inline file edit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ronald Yacketta) writes: > Folks, > > looking for a clean way to change a value in a file on the fly before > it is processed (ran). I have a perl script that kicks off several > resource scripts (.scr) that are NOT a valid shell script and can not > be ran from the command line alone. I need a way to modify these .scr > scripts on the fly to change 2 values in the script based on user > supplied input to the .pl script. > > IE: > > user enters a SID of _QAP2, but all the .scr files have a SID of > _VALUTEST > I need to be able to change the SID in the .scr on the fly before it is ran. > > Regards, > Ron Look at the -i flag. It takes an optional argument, but it sounds like you don't want to keep a backup so use it without the arg. Think about it carefully. And test **VERY** carefully. If you get your code wrong, you've messed it up for good. Keep backups. This is a very *powerful* statement. In the right hands it's very good, else it's very bad Something like this might work. perl -e s/_VALUETEST/_QAP2/g -i original.scr -- Michael R. Wolf All mammals learn by playing! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
