Modifile 1.0.4 review

Modifile application applies Perl substitution expressions to files, modifying the name and/or the contents of the file and making ba

License: Perl Artistic License File size: 12K Developer: Jeff Pace

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Modifile application applies Perl substitution expressions to files, modifying the name and/or the contents of the file and making backup versions of the original file as needed.

Modifile project also checks for write permissions before applying any changes, and provides a list of the files that would have been changed, yet did not have write permission.

Options:

--backup, --nobackup

Backup the changed files. The default is --backup.

--basenames, --nobasenames

Change the base names of the files, that is, foo.txt of the full name /home/jrandom/proj/bar/foo.txt. The default is --basenames. See also the

--dirnames option.
--confirm

Process files interactively, getting user confirmation when the substitutions would result in a change.

--contents, --nocontents

Change the contents of the files. The default is --contents.

--count NUM

Stop substitutions after count lines have been modified.

--dirnames, --nodirnames

Change the directory names of the files, that is, /home/jrandom/proj/bar of the full name /home/jrandom/proj/bar/foo.txt. The default is --dirnames. See also the

--basenames option.
--execute, --noexecute

Whether to change the file names and contents. The default is --execute.

--file FILE

Read the given file, which contains a list of all expressions to be evaluated, in the format:
s/foo/bar/g
tr/a-z/A-Z/
# make fooBar into FOO_BAR:
s/([a-z]+)([A-Z])/U$1_$2/g

Both spaces and script-style comments (i.e., beginning with '#') are allowed in the substitution file.

If the --file option is not used, the substitution expression will be assumed to be the next command-line argument after all options have been processed.

--quiet

Run with minimal output.

--readonly COMMAND

If a file is read-only, execute the given command on the file. For example:

--readonly "chmod u+w"
--readonly "p4 edit" (set status to editable in the Perforce CM system)
--verbose

Run with debugging output.

What's New in This Release:
Fixes an issue in applying substitution only once per file.