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Old 02-23-2017
Code:
perl -npi.bak -e ' s/(123.{797}) /${1}X/' infile

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pod2html

POD2HTML(1)						 Perl Programmers Reference Guide					       POD2HTML(1)

NAME

       pod2html - convert .pod files to .html files

SYNOPSIS

	   pod2html --help --htmlroot=<name> --infile=<name> --outfile=<name>
		    --podpath=<name>:...:<name> --podroot=<name>
		    --recurse --norecurse --verbose
		    --index --noindex --title=<name>

DESCRIPTION

       Converts files from pod format (see perlpod) to HTML format.

ARGUMENTS

       pod2html takes the following arguments:

       help
	     --help

	   Displays the usage message.

       htmlroot
	     --htmlroot=name

	   Sets the base URL for the HTML files.  When cross-references are made, the HTML root is prepended to the URL.

       infile
	     --infile=name

	   Specify the pod file to convert.  Input is taken from STDIN if no infile is specified.

       outfile
	     --outfile=name

	   Specify the HTML file to create.  Output goes to STDOUT if no outfile is specified.

       podroot
	     --podroot=name

	   Specify the base directory for finding library pods.

       podpath
	     --podpath=name:...:name

	   Specify which subdirectories of the podroot contain pod files whose HTML converted forms can be linked-to in cross-references.

       index
	     --index

	   Generate an index at the top of the HTML file (default behaviour).

       noindex
	     --noindex

	   Do not generate an index at the top of the HTML file.

       recurse
	     --recurse

	   Recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath (default behaviour).

       norecurse
	     --norecurse

	   Do not recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath.

       title
	     --title=title

	   Specify the title of the resulting HTML file.

       verbose
	     --verbose

	   Display progress messages.

AUTHOR

       Tom Christiansen, <tchrist@perl.com>.

BUGS

       See Pod::Html for a list of known bugs in the translator.

SEE ALSO

       perlpod, Pod::Html

COPYRIGHT

       This program is distributed under the Artistic License.

perl v5.16.2							    2013-08-25							       POD2HTML(1)
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