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I see this works as it prints the desired output but it doesn't save the changes to the existing file. I'm not opposed to creating a second file if necessary.

Emily Shaffer
– Emily Shaffer

2017-01-16 18:05:10 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2017 at 18:05
@EmilyShaffer oh, I hadn't realized that was what you wanted. Just add the -i flag: perl -i -pe "tr/'\"/\"'/ if /^KEYWORD/" file

terdon
– terdon ♦

2017-01-16 22:41:03 +00:00
Commented Jan 16, 2017 at 22:41
I tried this and it worked also.

Emily Shaffer
– Emily Shaffer

2017-01-20 19:48:00 +00:00
Commented Jan 20, 2017 at 19:48

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