David Wall wrote:
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> --On Saturday, September 06, 2003 7:45 PM -0400 perlwannabe
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> OK, I have a new problem. I need to delete an entire line that contains
>> certain text. I have done an extensive search and had no luck finding an
>> adequate answer. Yes, I
"R. Joseph Newton" wrote:
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> "John W. Krahn" wrote:
> >
> > rename $file, "$file.bak" or die "Cannot move $file to $file.bak: $!";
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> I would say that this is the wrong place for the rename. Computers do crash.
> If a crash occurs while this program is in progress, then he is left with a
> re
"John W. Krahn" wrote:
> > Also, I would like to run this from within a script instead of from the
> > command line.
> >
> > BTW...using PERL 5.8.0 on Windows2000 Pro
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> Here is one way to do it:
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> use warnings;
> use strict;
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> my $file = shift or die "usage: $0 filename\n";
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> rename $file,
Perlwannabe wrote:
>
> OK, I have a new problem. I need to delete an entire line that contains
> certain text. I have done an extensive search and had no luck finding an
> adequate answer. Yes, I also saw the FAQ that just refers me to
> Tie::file. The most promising solution was:
>
> perl -n
--On Saturday, September 06, 2003 7:45 PM -0400 perlwannabe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, I have a new problem. I need to delete an entire line that contains
certain text. I have done an extensive search and had no luck finding an
adequate answer. Yes, I also saw the FAQ that just refers me
