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NAME

File::Edit - A naive, probably buggy, file editor.

SYNOPSIS

use File::Edit;

# Replace string in file
File::Edit->new('build.gradle')
          ->replace('minSdkVersion 16', 'minSdkVersion 21')
          ->save()
          ;

# Edit text, save to file
File::Edit->new()
          ->text("  minSdkVersion 16\n  targetSdkVersion 29")
          ->replace('minSdkVersion 16', 'minSdkVersion 21')
          ->save('build.gradle')
          ;

# Swap lines, save to file
File::Edit->new()
          ->text("  Do this first\n  Now do that\n  Don't do this")
          ->swap('Do this', 'do that')
          ->save('todo.txt')
          ;

METHODS

new

my $fe = File::Edit->new("some_file.txt");

Reads in a file for editing.

text

my $fe = File::Edit->new()->text(some_text);

Reads in some text for editing.

replace

$fe->replace($old, $new);

Replace the $old portion of a single line with $new.

save

my $fe = File::Edit->new("some_file.txt");
$fe->save();                # Saves to "some_file.txt"
$fe->save("other.txt")      # Saves to "other.txt"

swap( $text_1, $text_2 )

The swap($s1, $s2) method finds the line containing string $s1 and finds the line containg string $s2 and swaps both lines.

AUTHOR

Hoe Kit CHEW, <hoekit at gmail.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-file-edit at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=File-Edit. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc File::Edit

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2021 by Hoe Kit CHEW.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)