perl to python

[Donald 'Paddy' McCarthy]

Olivier Scalbert wrote:

> Jarek Zgoda wrote:
> 
>> Olivier Scalbert <olivier.scalbert at algosyn.com> pisze:
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>>> What is the python way of doing this :
>>> perl -pi -e 's/string1/string2/' file
>>>   
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>> Use sed.
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> yes, but in python ?
I wonder what the motivation behind your question is?
   Do you have Python and not Perl or sed available?
   Is the request from part of a larger conversion task?
   Do you just want to compare the Perl to the Python solution?

Pad.