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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Perl find & replace - what am I doing wrong? Post 302814447 by elixir_sinari on Wednesday 29th of May 2013 12:55:14 PM
Old 05-29-2013
You've badly messed up the command line and the logic.

Try:
Code:
perl -i.old -ne 'print unless m:^\s*<string>com\.apple\.PhotoBooth</string>\s*$:' ~/Library/Compositions/Compound\ Eye.qtz

I recommend (strongly in your case since you don't seem to understand Perl) taking a copy of the input file (which will be done by the command line automatically with an extension of .old).
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