c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dumper -le "print 'perl version: ', $]; ;; my @in = ('Maria-s', 'Thano-s'); my @out = map { s/-/+/gr } @in; print Dumper \@in; print Dumper \@out; " perl version: 5.014004 $VAR1 = [ 'Maria-s', 'Thano-s' ]; $VAR1 = [ 'Maria+s', 'Thano+s' ];