Re: [MacPerl] In-Place Editing? -i and $^I

[Strider <Strider@clarityconnect.com>]

>Is there a way to do in-place editing in MacPerl?  (Opening a file, making
>changes & saving the new version.)  The kind of thing that you accomplish
>with the -i flag, or the $^I special variable...
>
>I had about 30 html files that needed the same changes.  I wanted to make a
>droplet but gave up.  I ended up FTP'ing the mess to a Unix machine and did
>the whole job with a one-line command.
>
>It worked, but I felt guilty.

You, my son, are one of the chosen few. =) This is the mark of a true warrior.

Macintosh Forever,
Strider

PS- I'm just this way on weekends. =)



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