2007/10/11, PeiYu Zeng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > Can I modify the contents of a file, without creating a new one? >
Yes.You can use perl one-liner to do that, perl -pi.bak -e 'modify the current line if it match some conditions' file But actually this has been creating a new file,you just wouldn's see it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/