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Basic problem

Hello Friends,

I am learning Perl now. I have a small query.

I have a directory Z with file name Z.txt.
I would like to copy this file Z.txt to 3 new dir with new filenames as follows
dir 1 1.txt
dir 2 2.txt
dir 3 3.txt

I would like to then open 1.txt from dir 1 and edit the first 4 lines and it
would be better if the program can ask me what to enter in these lines. I need to do the same for all the directories.

For eg: I have a line as follows.
x y Z
10 11 12

Th program should ask me what to enter for Y value. So when the program asks, Igive it a new value.

I have tried the following and I guess there is a much shorter way to do this

#!/usr/bin/perl
open FILE, "z.txt" or die $!;
while (<FILE>) {
print $_;
}
mkdir("1", 0777) || print $!;
copy("z.txt","1.txt") or die "Copy failed: $!";
move("1.txt","/home/privat/temp/PerlWD/1");
mkdir("2", 0777) || print $!;
copy("z.txt","2.txt") or die "Copy failed: $!";
move("2.txt","/home/privat/temp/PerlWD/2");
mkdir("3", 0777) || print $!;
copy("z.txt","3.txt") or die "Copy failed: $!";
move("3.txt","/home/privat/temp/PerlWD/3");
print " -Done";
exit;

I am not sure how to edit the file and then save it in the respective file name.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards,
Ramesh
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File::Fu(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     File::Fu(3pm)

NAME
File::Fu - file and directory objects SYNOPSIS
The directory constructor: use File::Fu; my $dir = File::Fu->dir("bar"); print "$dir "; # 'bar/' my $file = $dir + 'bar.txt'; print "$file "; # 'bar/bar.txt' my $d2 = $dir % 'baz'; # 'barbaz/' my $d3 = $dir / 'bat'; # 'bar/bat/' my $file2 = $dir / 'bat' + 'foo.txt'; # 'bar/bat/foo.txt' The file constructor: my $file = File::Fu->file("foo"); $file->e and warn "$file exists"; $file->l and warn "$file is a link"; warn "file is in ", $file->dir; ABOUT
This class provides the toplevel interface to File::Fu directory and file objects, with operator overloading which allows precise path composition and support for most builtin methods, as well as creation of temporary files/directories, finding files, and more. The interface and style are quite different than the perl builtins or File::Spec. The syntax is concise. Errors are thrown with croak(), so you never need to check a return code. Constructors The actual objects are in the 'Dir' and 'File' sub-namespaces. dir my $dir = File::Fu->dir($path); See "new" in File::Fu::Dir file my $file = File::Fu->file($path); See "new" in File::Fu::File Class Constants tmp Your system's '/tmp/' directory (or equivalent of that.) my $dir = File::Fu->tmp; home User's $HOME directory. my $dir = File::Fu->home; program_name The absolute name of your program. This will be relative from the time File::Fu was loaded. It dies if the name is '-e'. my $prog = File::Fu->program_name; If File::Fu was loaded after a chdir and the $0 was relative, calling program_name() throws an error. (Unless you set $0 correctly before requiring File::Fu.) program_dir Returns what typically corresponds to program_name()->dirname, but just the compile-time cwd() when $0 is -e/-E. my $dir = File::Fu->program_dir; Class Methods THIS_FILE A nicer way to say __FILE__. my $file = File::Fu->THIS_FILE; cwd The current working directory. my $dir = File::Fu->cwd; which Returns File::Fu::File objects of ordered candidates for $name found in the path. my @prog = File::Fu->which($name) or die "cannot find $name"; If called in scalar context, returns a single File::Fu::File object or throws an error if no candidates were found. my $prog = File::Fu->which($name); Temporary Directories and Files These class methods call the corresponding File::Fu::Dir methods on the value of tmp(). That is, you get a temporary file/dir in the '/tmp/' directory. temp_dir my $dir = File::Fu->temp_dir; temp_file my $handle = File::Fu->temp_file; Subclassing You may wish to subclass File:Fu and override the dir_class() and/or file_class() class methods to point to your own Dir/File subclasses. my $class = 'My::FileFu'; my $dir = $class->dir("foo"); See File::Fu::File and File::Fu::Dir for more info. See Also File::Fu::why if I need to explain my motivations. Path::Class, from which many an idea was taken. File::stat, IO::File, File::Spec, File::Find, File::Temp, File::Path, File::Basename, perlfunc, perlopentut. AUTHOR
Eric Wilhelm @ <ewilhelm at cpan dot org> http://scratchcomputing.com/ BUGS
If you found this module on CPAN, please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. If you pulled this development version from my /svn/, please contact me directly. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008 Eric L. Wilhelm, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY
Absolutely, positively NO WARRANTY, neither express or implied, is offered with this software. You use this software at your own risk. In case of loss, no person or entity owes you anything whatsoever. You have been warned. LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.10.1 2010-05-13 File::Fu(3pm)