I want to substitue one filename with another. I don't know how to
work around the issue of forward slashes in the filename.

I tried this:

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# convert one bullet graphic to another bullet graphic
  $t =~ s/"/images/static/gfx/bullet.gif"/" http://www.*-*-*.com/ ;/>/gi;
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Attempts to run the script with this line of code didn't work. How can
I identify the address of the graphics without the slashes, or a least
making the script ignore the slashes in the filenames?

    $s =~ s!/images/static/gfx/bullet.gif!http://www.mywebsite.com/images/newbullet.gif!gi;

$t =~ s{"/images/static/gfx/bullet.gif"}
       {"http://www.mywebsite.com/images/newbullet.gif"/>}gi;

try:
$oim=qq~images/static/gfx/bullet.gif~;
$nim=qq~http://www.mywebsite.com/images/newbullet.gif~;
$t =~ s,$oim,$nim,g;
also remember about muti-line strings & case SENSITIVETY.

$t =~
s!"/images/static/gfx/bullet\.gif"!"http://www.mywebsite.com/images/newbullet.gif"/>!gi;

If you start the substitution with /, you can only use is as
s/stuffhere/newstuffhere/ Otherwise you need to backwack it as in
s/some\/stuff\/here/some\/new\/stuff/\here/

Anyway, the above still doesn't look right, even if it fixes your error
in the code, but I don't want to guess.

I think that might work.  I don't know what the >/gi part of your
original code did, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess it's not
important.  ;-)  That's like saying, "I've never seen my spleen before
so I guess I don't need it."  Anyway, just tack all that onto the end of
the line if it doesn't work.

Also, learn more about regex's.  do a "man grep" on a linux box or
search for stuff on regex's on google.

chris
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