Hi, didn't we have had this question shortly ? As I, being a perl-newbie still, remember correctly you need ( at least under windows with active state ) a extension for a backup file !
If I write : perl -pibak -ne "s/ERROR/TRACKED/g" status.log it works under win2k with active-state-perl Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards Manfred Beilfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] edstar.net An: James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kopie: Perl Beginners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gohaku 19.07.2004 17:56 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thema: Edit a file inplace.. Hi, I am trying to edit an ASCII file in place? I tried ? perl -pi -ne "s/ERROR/TRACKED/g" status.log and received? Can't do inplace edit without backup? Any help is appreciated? Thanks, Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>