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perl -i is very dangerous !



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mc@MILLENIUM:~/test/perldestroy# cat test.txt
this is
a test
for cygwin
mc@MILLENIUM:~/test/perldestroy# perl -i -ne 's/this/works/' test.txt
Can't do inplace edit on test.txt: Permission denied.
mc@MILLENIUM:~/test/perldestroy# ls


any idea ?

Regards,
Marc


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