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Old 12-18-2013
Perl uncomment line
Hi guys

I am making a bash script, need to un-comment a line remove the"#"

Want to accomplish this with a Perl command.

Line is like this:

Code:
#readclients = yes

Need it like this:

Code:
readclients = yes

Any help would be really appreciated.
# 2  
Old 12-18-2013
Hi, the syntax is as sed command for a simple case:
Code:
perl -p -e 's/#(readclients)/$1/' file

this print to screen, to modify directly file use "-i" option of perl.

Regards.
# 3  
Old 12-18-2013
Try:
Code:
perl -i -pe 's/^#(readclients)/$1/' file

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Old 12-18-2013
Thank you bartus11 that really helped me out !
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