replacing a scalar in a test file

[jackz15]

hi, my new program finds some thing and stores it in the scalar $word,then i push it into an array. But after that i no longer have need for it to be in the text file so i want to delete it.
But i can't just do:
$words=~s/\$words//o;
taking the $1 value instead of $word doesnt' work either
someone help?

 

[KevinADC]

you have to edit the file, not the variable, to remove the word from the file. Can you post your code?

 

[k1ng0fn3rd]

or something like:

open(READ,"test_file");
$file_contents = <READ>;
close READ;
$file_contents =~ s/$word//;
open(WRITE,">test_file");
print WRITE "$file_contents;
close WRITE;

I think that should work...

 

[jackz15]

thanks for the replys, i didn't see this post in time though...