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NAME

inplace - Replace file with output of command

VERSION

This document describes version 0.002 of inplace (from Perl distribution App-inplace), released on 2023-02-15.

SYNOPSIS

 % inplace [INPLACE_OPTS] <COMMAND> <FILE> [CMD_OPTS]...

Example:

 % inplace csv2ansitable myfile.txt

If command is successful, then myfile.txt will contain the output of the command. myfile.txt~ will contain the original content. The file to be replaced must be specified as the first argument to the command.

If you do not want any backup:

 % inplace -b csv2ansitable myfile.txt

If you want another backup extension other than the default ~:

 % inplace -b.bak csv2ansitable myfile.txt

If the file is not the first argument of the command, you can use --:

 % inplace csv2ansitable -t -- myfile.txt

DESCRIPTION

inplace is a command wrapper to give "in-place editing" capability to another command. Sometimes a command that manipulates file does not allow you to overwrite an input file or even specify an output path; they output to stdout. With inplace, you can replace the content of the input file with the output of the command in one go.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-inplace.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-inplace.

SEE ALSO

sponge (a Unix utility, also a Perl implementation in App::sponge), but with this command you need to specify the filename twice (but useful when your command is a pipeline), e.g.:

 % sed '...' FILE | grep '...' | sponge FILE

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2019 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-inplace

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.