> Hi There,

Howdy

> 
> How do I read a file and replace all occurences of a word in it with 
> another word.  For example, I want to read the file BUS_SCHEDULE and 
> map bus to magic_bus.
> 

perl -pi -e 's/\bbus\b/magic_bus/g;' BUS_SCHEDULE

The pie tells perl tp  read the files that you 
have as arguments and process them line by line based 
on what's inbetween the ''.

So if you so a substitution that will do the trick!

HTH

Dmuey
> 
> - Jason
> 
> /•
>   •   If A equals success, then the formula is:
>   •           X+Y+Z = A
>   •   X is work.  Y is play.  And Z is keep your mouth shut.
>   •                   -Albert Einstein
>   •/
> 

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