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[PATCH 5.8.1] pod/perlrun.pod: no space after -i allowed

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From:
Brendan O'Dea
Date:
September 28, 2003 08:07
Subject:
[PATCH 5.8.1] pod/perlrun.pod: no space after -i allowed
Message ID:
20030928132334.GA29499@londo.c47.org
The backup suffix for -i may not be separated by a space.

diff -Naur perl-5.8.1.orig/pod/perlrun.pod perl-5.8.1/pod/perlrun.pod
--- perl-5.8.1.orig/pod/perlrun.pod	2003-09-10 01:42:21.000000000 +1000
+++ perl-5.8.1/pod/perlrun.pod	2003-09-28 11:22:17.000000000 +1000
@@ -444,20 +444,20 @@
 This allows you to add a prefix to the backup file, instead of (or in
 addition to) a suffix:
 
-    $ perl -pi 'orig_*' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# backup to 'orig_fileA'
+    $ perl -pi'orig_*' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# backup to 'orig_fileA'
 
 Or even to place backup copies of the original files into another
 directory (provided the directory already exists):
 
-    $ perl -pi 'old/*.orig' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA # backup to 'old/fileA.orig'
+    $ perl -pi'old/*.orig' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA # backup to 'old/fileA.orig'
 
 These sets of one-liners are equivalent:
 
     $ perl -pi -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA		# overwrite current file
-    $ perl -pi '*' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# overwrite current file
+    $ perl -pi'*' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA		# overwrite current file
 
-    $ perl -pi '.orig' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# backup to 'fileA.orig'
-    $ perl -pi '*.orig' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# backup to 'fileA.orig'
+    $ perl -pi'.orig' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# backup to 'fileA.orig'
+    $ perl -pi'*.orig' -e 's/bar/baz/' fileA	# backup to 'fileA.orig'
 
 From the shell, saying
 

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