That is still opening and reading the entire file and then creating an entire new file... I may run into instances where the file will be opened and modified many times.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:53 AM
To: 'Farrington, Ryan'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: reading/writing to a ascii file
Ryan, it's easier than you think:
open(IN, "<$inputfile") or die "can't open $inputfile: $!";
open(OUT,">$outputfile") or die "can't open $outputfile: $!"; while (<IN>){
s/$string/$replacement/g;
print OUT $_;
}
close IN;
close OUT;
rename($outputfile, $inputfile) or die "can't rename... $!";
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Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet Systems Architect User Technology Associates, Inc.
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