my ($in, $out); open($in, "<", "/etc/inittab") or die($!); open($out, ">", "/etc/inittab.new") or die($!); while(my $line = <$in>) { chomp $line; $line =~ s/remount,ro,noatime/remount,rw,noatime/g; print $out $line . "\n"; } close($out); close($in); rename("/etc/inittab.new", "/etc/inittab");