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		buntar on Aug 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perl/Linux, a Linux distribution where all program... I could use a lightweigt and fast perl version of SED. There are incompatibilities between sed versions, especially between linux and mac. Therefor a small sed utility that you can ship with every release would be useful.

zokier on Aug 17, 2012 [–]

perl -p -e?

0xbadcafebee on Aug 17, 2012 | [–]

add -i to edit a file in place

     $ perl -p -i -e 's/\r\n/\n/' file1 file2 file3

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