Dear Folks,
I want to comment out certain lines in a file that match a particular pattern.
The file contains lines with characters like: {, }, ==, and ". Specifically, I
want to replace lines beginning with
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0109",
with
# ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0109",
I have been unsuccessful in including the pattern as above and have had to work
around using just the two number patterns like so:
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#!/usr/bin/perl -i.bak -pl
use warnings;
use strict;
m/07b4/ and m/0109/ and s/$_/# $_/;
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This works, but leaves me wondering how I could include the full pattern,
including metacharacters. Using \Q did not help, but perhaps I was doing
something wrong.
I have included some sample lines that can be used as an input file.
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ATTRS{idVendor}=="0553", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0202", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="06bd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0403", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0109", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="06bd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0404", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04fc", ATTRS{idProduct}=="504b", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0100", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0105", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0114", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0114", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0109", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0105", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
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Thanks.
Chandra
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