Linux: How do I mass find and replace text in files under linux using perl?

Few friends have asked me how to do mass find and replace text in files under linux. There are quite a bit of options in linux to achieve mass replacing of text in files. If you are doing it file by file, you can achieve that in vi by opening, running replace and [...]

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Perl: How do I install Perl modules? eg. Installing LWP module for Perl.

The easiest way to install Perl modules is by installing them through “shell”. Let us say that you are trying to install very common module called: LWP
You can test to see if you have LWP installed by typing:
perl -MLWP -le “print(LWP->VERSION)”
If you get something like: Can’t locate LWP.pm in @INC means [...]

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