Jeff et al, >>I have a file which has many strings like "$something[0]" through >>"something[20]" amongst other text (quotes only provided here for >>clarity). >> >>What I want to do is replace these strings with: "$SOMETHING0" through >>"$SOMETHING20". > >Personally, I find that odd -- moving from an array of 21 elements to 21 >DIFFERENT scalars?!
You're right, it is odd. But unless I've missed how to take a populated array and create a usable hash from it to pass to CGI::FastTemplate, this is what I believe I have to do. >It should be writing back to file. If you want to make a backup, give the >-i flag an extension: > > perl -p -i.bak -e 's/something\[(\d\d?)\]/SOMETHING$1/g' file Thanks for this; I was making the mistake of putting a space between the -i argument and the ".bak" extension. -Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
