ramesh_ps1

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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

david_ross

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

ramesh_ps1

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

ralpha6

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

ramesh_ps1

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