On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 03:24:58PM -0400, Seth Dillingham wrote: > Here's a perl example that shows how it should work. > > Create a test file called test.txt. Put a few lines in it, just one word per > line (to keep it short and simple). Save it at ~/Desktop/test.txt > > Open terminal, and run these two lines: > > cd ~/Desktop > perl -pi -e 's/(.*)/($1)/' test.txt
That's only doing a single replacement per line, because you left off the /g modifier. Try this instead: perl -pi -e 's/(.*)/($1)/g' test.txt It's not a bug. Ronald -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
