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for example a text in this file like "trojan is like viruse" does exist..and i want to chage this like "hello". i know ,i know i can use regexpr s/// or use tr///...but how can i change it on my file...?

Try using the substitution method (s///), and writing the output to a new file. You can then diff the new file with the original to verify your output.


#!/usr/bin/perl

my $infile = "/home/white_fox/filename.txt";

my $outfile = "/home/white_fox/filename-new.txt";

open (INFILEHANDLE, "< $infile") or die "Can't open input file because
+: $! \n";

open (OUTFILEHANDLE, "< $outfile") or die "Can't open output file beca
+use: $! \n";

while(<INFILEHANDLE>){
    $_ =~ s/trojan is like viruse/hello/;
    $_ =~ s/phone \= 123456/5678/;
    print OUTFILEHANDLE $_;
}

close(INFILEHANDLE);
close(OUTFILEHANDLE);
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Sounds like perhaps you're also looking for a regex to identify phone numbers. If that's the case, check out this node: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=335348. Good luck!

In reply to Re: again problem with regexpr by nerfherder
in thread again problem with regexpr by white-fox

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