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Re: In-line editing..

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From:
Jon Molin
Date:
February 7, 2002 00:45
Subject:
Re: In-line editing..
Message ID:
3C623D88.CBE15A51@resfeber.se
"Steven M. Klass" wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>         Here is the general problem.  I have a file that I need to edit but can't.

im not sure i follow you here, making a backup copy is not an option?

perl -pi.bak -e 's/foo/bar/g' weird_uneditable_file;some_app
weird_uneditable_file;mv weird_uneditable_file.bak weird_uneditable_file

would that 'line' not work for you?

/Jon

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