Xavier, Thanks for the tip but can you help me by pasting the code too? It might take 2 mins for you but I will have to fiddle with it longer :(
Regards. On Aug 14, 6:02 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Xavier Mas) wrote: > El Wednesday 13 August 2008 22:44:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > > > Hi, > > > I am trying to search & replace a string in a file using the below > > perl command on unix. > > > perl -pi -e 's/OLD/NEW/g' repltest.txt > > > But I want the above command to display what lines were replaced. Is > > it possible using some switch options? If it is not possible using > > any of the switches, I don't mind couple of lines of code. > > > unix version: SunOS 5.9 Generic_122300-22 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-T12 > > > Thanks in advance. > > you can use an if statement with binding operator (=~) to find out which lines > are going to be replaced. > > -- > Xavier Mas > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por > minuto.http://es.voice.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
