On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 03:39:37AM -0700, Issac Trotts wrote: > perl -pe 's/^replace-this$/line one\nline two\nline three\n/' file1 file2 > > or > > cat some_file | perl -pe 's/^replace-this$/line one\nline two\nline three\n/' > > > Oddly enough, perl -ep doesn't work.
That's not so odd if you think about it: -e takes an argument, which is the expression to run. If you say 'perl -ep foo', then 'p' is the argument to -e. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
