...I have a file that contains the following string(s):
WARNING: </d1/test/program1> did not find item1
WARNING: </d1/test/program1> item1 does not exist
WARNING: </d1/test/program2> item1 failed to load
WARNING: </d1/test/program1> did not find item2
WARNING: </d1/test/program1> item2 does not exist
WARNING: </d1/test/program2> item2 failed to load
What I am trying to do is search for the string "WARNING: </d1/test/program1> did not find" and replace it with "ERROR: </d1/test/program1> did not find"
Here is what I have so far:
Obviously, the above fails because I have / in the directory path. When I change prg_dir as follows to include the escape character \, it works:
Question: Is there a way around not having to change the $prg_dir as above, and still perform the search and replace using perl? The values for $prg_env and $prg_dir are actually set in another script depending on the environment (i.e. test or prod).
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