From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2002-08-23T21:32:54+09:00
Subject: RE: idiomatic write

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hammerquist [mailto:tim@vegeta.ath.cx]
> >> In Ruby, I could do the same thing, slurp the file into a 
> string and then
> >> write it back again. I was wondering if there's a more 
> idiomatic way of
> >> doing it, in place, i.e., edit the file straight away. 
> This could probably
> >> be more practical when the file to be edited is a huge one...
> >> 
> >> Any pointers(sic)...
> > 
> > % ruby -i~ -pe 'gsub(/pattern/, "replace")' myfile
> 
> Does this work if /pattern/ spans lines?
> 
> Tim Hammerquist

And doesn't this secretly generate a tempfile in the process?

Could the OP be looking for something like mmap? (see RAA)

Regards,

Dan