Greg Carrara wrote: > > Hello, Hello,
> I'm trying to search for a word and replace it multiple files at a windows > command prompt with the following: > > perl -pi -e 's/wordToFind/replaceWithThisWord/gi'*.fileExtension > > This errors out. I've tried to replace the delimiters / with - to no effect. > Does someone know how to alter this to make it work under Windows? You have three problems there. 1) In Windows (AFAIK) the -i switch requires a string or it won't work properly; 2) The Windows shell doesn't like single quotes on the command line, you have to use double quotes, and; 3) The Windows shell doesn't expand wildcard characters, you have to do that in perl. (This depends on your version of Windows and which shell you are using.) perl -pi.bak -e"[EMAIL PROTECTED] shift} s/wordToFind/replaceWithThisWord/gi" *.fileExtension (untested!) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
