You have 2 options: 1) Use pattern matching which would help in replacement s/<pattern to search>/<replacement>
2) Try using split function $w=split(/<pattern to search. Eg:=>/,$string to search) 3) Try using substr function Substr($string to search, <number of character from where to start),<end of character>) -----Original Message----- From: Preethi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:37 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Urgent :search and replace Hi Experts, I have wired problem , I have search and replace string in very huge text file . The problem with the string is broken in the differenet line. I'm having a string 'ab=test1, db=test2,dc=test3' and I want to replace this with 'ab=chk1,bc=chk2'. This string in the file is present in various fasion like <File> .........................ab=tes t1, db=test2,dc=test3'.... ............................, ab= test1,db=test2,dc=test3' . .................................. <EOF> Now the problem when I use the below command perl -p -i.bak -e 's/ab=test1, db=test2,dc=test3/ab=chk1,bc=chk2/gi' filename works only if they are in the same line. But does not replace if they are on different lines as the exaple shown above. Please someone could hlep me give a quick solution for this. Thanks, Preethi
