[GLLUG] using sed

[Ben Pfaff]

Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> writes:

> perl -pe 's/GLcore/glx/g' < XF86Config > XF86Config.temp
> mv XF86Config.temp XF86Config

You are working too hard.  There is a Perl feature designed for
this kind of thing:

        perl -pi.bak -e 's/GLcore/glx/g;' XF86Config

(Your suggestion is better if the file needs to be replaced
atomically.)
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