[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael R. Wolf) writes:
> Other alternatives include
> #! /usr/bin/perl -w -i
> #! /usr/bin/perl -w -i .bak
> $^I = undef;
Oops! May have been misleading. Here's commentary on
alternatives.
$^I = ''; # in-place, but no backup
$^I = '.bak'; # in-place, with backup
$^I = undef; # no in-place
[...]
And I've preserved my previous info on in-place specifiers:
command-line and special variable.
> ================
> -i[extension] Specifies that files processed by the <>
> construct are to be edited in-place. Perl does
> this by renaming the input file, opening the
> output file by the original name, and
> selecting that output file as the default for
> print statements. The extension, if supplied,
> is added to the name of the old file to make a
> backup copy. If no extension is supplied, no
> backup is made.
> ================
[...]
> ================
> $^I
> $INPLACE_EDIT The current value of the inplace-edit
> extension. Use undef to disable inplace
> editing
> ================
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