On Oct 11, 2:37 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PeiYu Zeng) wrote: > Hello, > > Can I modify the contents of a file, without creating a new one?
This is called inplace editing Possible but not recommended. do this { local(@ARGV) = ($file); $^I='.BAK'; # see perdoc perlvar while(<>){ # Do edit here s/\s+$/\n/; # For eg Trim all extra spaces in the end print; # Dont forget this } } ------------------------ This should work Thanks Ram Note To spammers: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pragatee.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/