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> The above can be made much simpler by use of the -pi flags which > allow for in-place editing of files with a backup copy made. e.g.: > > perl -npi.bak -e 's#<head>#<head>\nYour extra stuff here#i;' *.html > This looks like the simplest approach - especially for a person like me who doesn't know much programming! I have a question though: if I wanted the text to be inside the <head> section would it read: perl -npi.bak -e 's#<head>\nExtra stuff here#i;\n' *.html ? The result I'm looking for is: <head> Extra stuff stuff that was there before </head> Thanks for your help everyone! Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html