in reply to Re^3: Need a little help appending lines
in thread Need a little help appending lines
Precaution against data loss is an entirely different thing, though related.
But that concern doesn't justify marking in-place edits as bad idea, more so generally.
Perl wouldn't have the -i switch if doing in-place edits wasn't a good idea. Generally speaking.
--shmem
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");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}
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