I want to replace "#######" in a file abcdef.pl with "abcd####/####/#####/#####"

regular perl -i -p -e "s/######/abcd####/####/#####/#####/g",abcdef.pl
doesnot seem to work due to "/" and "#".

Please help me to overcome this problem

or guide me the procedure to do the same with file access and edit method
Thanks in advance for the response
Ramesh

You will need to escape the slashes:
perl -i -p -e "s/######/abcd####\/####\/#####\/#####/g"

I think I had given less information, Please check the complete proble.

consider

/root/abc.pl containing
##########


and I am executing rep.pl containing

$ser="##########";
$domain ="newdomain";
$extension="com";
$x = "<VirtualHost www.$domain.$extension>\n\tServerAdmin admin@$domain.$extension\n\tDocumentRoot \/home1\/$domain\/html\n\tServerName www.$domain.$extension\n\tErrorLog logs\/www.$domain.$extension-error_log\n\tCustomLog logs\/www.$domain.$extension-access_log common\n<\/VirtualHost>"
$result=`perl -i -p -e 's/$ser/$x/g;',/root/abc.pl`;

I am getting a error which says something like this
---------------------------------------------------

"Bareword found where operator expected at -e line ..., near "DocumentRoot"....
(Might be a runaway multi-line // string on line 1)
(Do you need to predeclare DocumentRoot?)

Can any on esove this problem?

Regards,
Ramesh. P. S

I'm no expert, but it looks like you're missing a ";" after "...common\n<\/VirtualHost>"

Hello Ralph,
( doesnt seem to have any significance near "<\/VirtualHost>",
I tried different combinations but the result remains same.
Can you please check the code again?

Regards,
Ramesh