e file is a simple text file.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to do this ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > George P.
> >
> >
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 5 15:39:54 2002
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 19:40:54 -1000
From: Beau E. Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: George P
Hi -
Try something like this (untested) pseudocode:
open (FILE, "+<$filename") or die ...;
# now get to the word you want; you can
# read the file line by line counting bytes read
# or use tell()
my $pos = 0;
while () {
# --some test for your word--
# for this example we are looking for 'fo
perldoc -q "How do I change one line in a file"
- Original Message -
From: "George P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:17 AM
Subject: Substitute a word in a file
>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a way to open a file in read/write mode,
> see
